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Johnson: And the winner for 2013 is…
THE year’s end has come. As the hangover from January 1st recedes, it is time to work off another kind of hangover: a look back at the wonderful, weird and terrible things the English language did in 2013. At the end of the year, various dictionary-publishers, language societies and other assorted word-nerds published their “words […]
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Bright Passages
In the spirit of the season, we’ll take a brief break from carping to offer a small sampling of sparkling prose from recent weeks. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/bright-passages-18/
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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin via Tumblr http://jesusromerotrillo.tumblr.com/post/71313651588
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Getting Guns Right
Gun facts and terminology can be complicated for those not intimately familiar with the topic. But many readers are knowledgeable, and lapses can hurt our credibility with them. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/getting-guns-right/
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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin via Tumblr http://jesusromerotrillo.tumblr.com/post/70591998228
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The Stranger in the Story
Most anecdotal ledes are fine in themselves. But the device seems rote and shopworn if a reader encounters one story after another with the same approach. There are many, many ways to start a non-straight-news story; we should look harder for alternatives. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/the-stranger-in-the-lede-2/