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2019

Jenny Kiss’d Meoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2019
Can an outcome be foregone?original ↗
11 Feb 2019
A new ‘Woe Is I’ for our timesoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2019
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
8 Feb 2019
The raison d’être of raison d’êtreoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2019
Why early religions are ‘pagan’original ↗
4 Feb 2019
The ‘H’ in ‘Jesus H. Christ’original ↗
1 Feb 2019
‘Enthralled to’ or ‘in thrall to’?original ↗
30 Jan 2019
The upper crustoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2019
A pretty little girloriginal ↗
25 Jan 2019
Why slap + stick = slapstickoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2019
How tolerant is toleranceoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2019
Why ‘speedometer’ has an ‘o’original ↗
18 Jan 2019
Who, me?original ↗
16 Jan 2019
Latinx, Latino/a, Latin@original ↗
14 Jan 2019
Most important … or importantlyoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019
Is it self-titled or eponymous?original ↗
9 Jan 2019
Is Shakespeare relatable?original ↗
7 Jan 2019
Gaslighting: The ‘in’ word?original ↗
4 Jan 2019
Is a smirk but a smile?original ↗
2 Jan 2019

2018

Hair of the dogoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2018
A biting commentaryoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2018
King Arthur … or King Artur?original ↗
26 Dec 2018
Christmas, 1971, Vietnamoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2018
A throne for the king of the bandoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2018
PAINS-taking or PAIN-staking?original ↗
19 Dec 2018
Look ahead … or look forward?original ↗
17 Dec 2018
From ‘anti-vac’ to ‘anti-vaxxer’original ↗
14 Dec 2018
Don’t quote meoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2018
Playing the bassoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2018
Can ‘clear’ mean ‘clearly’?original ↗
7 Dec 2018
Launderers and laundressesoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2018
Is ‘hithertofore’ legit?original ↗
3 Dec 2018
He blued his pocket moneyoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2018
You betcha!original ↗
28 Nov 2018
2001: A speech odysseyoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2018
Why a timepiece is a watchoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2018
Let’s talk turkeyoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2018
All bombast and fustianoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2018
What do you suggest?original ↗
16 Nov 2018
That’s why they play the gameoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2018
Is government the issue?original ↗
12 Nov 2018
On cousins and cousinessesoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2018
Is it a ‘wow’ or a ‘pow’?original ↗
7 Nov 2018
How families got their namesoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2018
When English met Latinoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2018
Hallowe’en be thy nameoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2018
Syllables gone missingoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2018
Whereabouts: singular or plural?original ↗
26 Oct 2018
How incidental is an incident?original ↗
24 Oct 2018
Stewardess and other -ess wordsoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2018
Have a good oneoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2018
Are you feeling pressurized?original ↗
17 Oct 2018
Can a company be a ‘who’?original ↗
15 Oct 2018
The ivied origins of ‘Ivy League’original ↗
12 Oct 2018
When a bomb goes boomoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2018
A verb to be suspicioned?original ↗
5 Oct 2018
When writing is ‘boilerplate’original ↗
3 Oct 2018
‘Whatever’ or ‘what ever’?original ↗
1 Oct 2018
What the rooster useter dooriginal ↗
28 Sept 2018
Are you feeling cantankerous?original ↗
26 Sept 2018
Aurelians or lepidopterists?original ↗
24 Sept 2018
A technical questionoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2018
How factual is a factoid?original ↗
19 Sept 2018
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
19 Sept 2018
Double whammyoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2018
On markets and martsoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2018
Why tired writing is hackneyedoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2018
Lion of the seasonoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2018
A fork in the roadoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2018
Getting used to itoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2018
When there’s a ‘there’ thereoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2018
Let’s give ‘proper’ its propsoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2018
Me, myself, and Ioriginal ↗
27 Aug 2018
All the feelsoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2018
In Jesus’ name or Jesus’s name?original ↗
22 Aug 2018
When ‘wood’ means ‘wooden’original ↗
20 Aug 2018
On dignity, with all due respectoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2018
Multiple choicesoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2018
How do you do?original ↗
13 Aug 2018
Speaking with a forked tongueoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2018
Is the ‘d’ silent in ‘adjective’?original ↗
8 Aug 2018
Doctor’s or doctor appointment?original ↗
6 Aug 2018
A question of beigeoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2018
A touching storyoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2018
Masterminds, evil and otherwiseoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2018
A puny subjectoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2018
Good monsters and badoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2018
When ‘should’ means ‘would’original ↗
23 Jul 2018
Is it ‘realtor’ or ‘Realtor’?original ↗
20 Jul 2018
Cycles and sicklesoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2018
‘More’ or ‘-er’? ‘Most’ or ‘-est’?original ↗
16 Jul 2018
Is that an “alum” on your bib?original ↗
13 Jul 2018
When ‘nor’ means ‘neither’original ↗
11 Jul 2018
The El Niño problemoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2018
An acid test—with real acidoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2018
Why apposite isn’t oppositeoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2018
She’s gonna raise Cainoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2018
A picayune questionoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2018
Going Berserk with a capital ‘B’original ↗
25 Jun 2018
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