toward(s) and other ward(s) 31 Jul 2013 | 02:42 am

The interview I did with the Chicago Manual of Style people has brought me quite a few new readers. (Not to mention a 'Hey! I saw you in this newsletter I subscribe to!" during [BrE] the school run. N...

pay raise / pay rise 22 Jul 2013 | 04:41 am

Ben Yagoda at some point asked if I'd tackled raise and rise. And I haven't. So here we go. In AmE one asks one's boss for a (pay) raise. In BrE, one asks for a pay rise (or perhaps one seethes with ...

burgers and hot dogs 3 Jul 2013 | 04:17 am

The 4th of July is nearly here, and in America that means fireworks and barbecues. (In England, it means I'll be giving my talk 'How America Saved the English Language' at the Skeptics in the Pub at T...

pronouncing words from Spanish 20 Jun 2013 | 03:07 am

Ben Yagoda, Evan Davies and me 23 May 2013 | 03:08 am

I'm afraid to say that this is more of me not getting around to blogging. So many things on the list, but my day job has been taking over my nights. But several people have asked to hear the intervie...

Ben Yagoda, Evan Davies and me 23 May 2013 | 03:08 am

I'm afraid to say that this is more of me not getting around to blogging. So many things on the list, but my day job has been taking over my nights. But several people have asked to hear the intervie...

-og and -ogue 4 Mar 2013 | 04:41 pm

Rachel Ward aka @FwdTranslations just asked me via Twitter: Trying to check usage of epilog(ue) and prolog(ue) in US spelling. Seen suggestion that "ue" forms still more widely used. True? And I fel...

-og and -ogue 4 Mar 2013 | 04:41 pm

Rachel Ward aka @FwdTranslations just asked me via Twitter: Trying to check usage of epilog(ue) and prolog(ue) in US spelling. Seen suggestion that "ue" forms still more widely used. True? And I fel...

crosswords 26 Feb 2013 | 03:55 am

I've just come out from under several painful deadlines and am ready to do some blogging. And the note that I've written to myself is: crosswords. I wrote this note on 11 January, the day that one of ...

crosswords 26 Feb 2013 | 03:55 am

I've just come out from under several painful deadlines and am ready to do some blogging. And the note that I've written to myself is: crosswords. I wrote this note on 11 January, the day that one of ...