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Author of WICKER PARK WISHES, a novel, published by Eckhartz Press "It's like 'Hi Fidelity' from a woman's perspective. A 90s book about relationships." - John Siuntres, WordBalloon. Language discussion and expression, a view from the city: "A fascinating and enlightening look at language and other important matters" - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune "...definitely an interesting voice!" - Languagehat.com "...a great site!" - Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement

7.17.2017

Enjoy this "tastiness"

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As a lot of people already know, especially people who've lived in Japan, Japanese English can be odd. It's almost like they're ...
6.29.2017

Nerdy site

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The typical/average person would probably put me in the "nerdy/weird" category because I'm interested in ideas, language, thin...
6.25.2017

I just learned about "meta"

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I'm late to the party, but I just found out what "meta" means. I was at a writing group, and the other people kept saying ...
6.13.2017

Madrelingua or lingua madre? (Italian translation)

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As I referenced in my last post , I found a linguistic blog, or what the  the  Corriere della Sera   newspaper  calls "forum," a...
6.05.2017

International Mother Language Day

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On the way to trying to figure out if "mother tongue/language" in Italian was "madrelingua" or "lingua madre,"...
5.28.2017

Go to Milwaukee

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When people think about Milwaukee, they probably don't think of it as a pleasant vacation destination. The last time I was there was...
5.19.2017

Adjunct professor or adjunct instructor?

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Or adjunct faculty? A lot of people are caught up in titles. One title that gets thrown around the business world is "adjunct professor...
5.09.2017

No hyphen in "up-" or "downregulate"

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One of my jobs is reading lots of scientific papers, and I often have to look online to clarify spelling or accurate meanings of words (beca...
5.05.2017

It's still an introverted world

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Dear world: you are still introverted, and I still have to learn to live in it. A few years ago, I posted my feelings of struggle of being...
5.01.2017

Temporary autonomous zone

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I was at a very unconventional party recently (which happens every year), and I was talking to someone who's been going there for a whil...
3.10.2017

Lifelong or life-long?

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I was proofreading something, and I had to figure out if "life-long" was incorrect, so I did a quick search online to see what oth...
2.24.2017

"Cost synergies" means "layoffs"

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I saw this self-congratulatory article about the corporate merger between CBS and another company: Spinning Off Radio Is A Great Transaction...
1.25.2017

Fun with Stephanie and crew

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I had an excellent time hanging out and helping out a bit with Stephanie Graham's So This One Guy... video story project. Now I know wh...
10.29.2016

Mindy Kaling is at the top of the Hierarchy of Personality

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A few years ago, I did a post about the Hierarchy of Personality , which described the structure that I observed in radio (though people sai...
10.04.2016

Crumbs

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I was chatting with a British-born American (i.e., he came to the US for school, got married, and decided to stay), and he said he was runni...
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9.29.2016

Interview with author Dave Berner

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Dave Berner (I should actually say "David W. Berner") has written several books, is a professor at Columbia College, a news anch...
8.28.2016

Bridgeport

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Continuing my "series" about the positive aspects of the South Side ...is Bridgeport, an established neighborhood that's becom...
7.16.2016

What's good about the South Side

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I've been teaching on the South Side (more specifically, southwest side) of Chicago for almost a decade, and I have met great people dow...
7.07.2016

I don't want to type on glass

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Just when I thought I'd found a great phone (I gave up my iPhone for a Blackberry Classic), the company is killing the Classic . This i...
2.15.2016

Why I got a Blackberry

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It's too bad I'm not a rich, powerful, or famous person because my endorsement of Blackberry would probably affect a lot of people, ...
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