Just a link today to this fantastic article on the five best punctuation marks in literature . Just the sort of thing I; love. Also, I...

Just a little repost today of this video of me explaining why Geoffrey Chaucer is responsible for your restaurant bill this evening. And ...

Really? I have been asked to pronounce on the explosive question of 10 Items or Less vs 10 Items or Fewer . Just in case anyone is u...

I do love pretending that this blog is topical, sprinting at the avant garde of the cutting edge, and as there's a new series of the ne...

Courtesy of Etymonline, here is splendid little Christmas present: Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer translated into Anglo-Saxon. It appears...

And here's a nice review of The Horologicon in the New York Times .

Christmas is coming, obesity is endemic in the goose population, The Elements of Eloq uence is on a special deal on Amazon Kindle , and her...