It Bounces Off Me and Sticks To You
“You speak creole” sounds like a nice, simple, declarative sentence and statement of fact, no? It’s just three words, after all, in the English language, plainly identifying others who speak in what...
View ArticleAn Apology for Etymology
I was asked a question at a recent presentation I did up at the University of Chicago, concerning why the etymology of technical terms is a focus in an intro book that I wrote (and which I use in my...
View ArticleNames and Things
Have you heard? There’s a new theory as to where the term “eskimo” originated. Click the above image to read the brief article, but here’s a snippet: So, contrary to earlier etymologies that anchored...
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