I don’t understand it, but I love it. Three vignettes from a daddy-daughter day: Me: Oh, hey, Amy Winehouse died this past week. Sg: The “no no no” song lady? She died? Me: That’s right. She had been sick for … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
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A Perfectly Cromulent Word (Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Linguistics)
A while back on this site, I got into a discussion with someone about the word “deplane”. The discussion really boiled down to an argument over whether the primary function of the dictionary should be prescriptive (i.e., telling people what … Continue reading