June 30, 2015

Mad Scientist

Scholars who take the Old English for Orthographers LEXinar take a critical look at what’s said about the historical origins of words. Many categorically false, totally […]
December 31, 2016

Uh Soodoe Whird Kamidey

For the last couple of days, I’ve been running into a lot of online phonics apologia about the use of nonwords, nonsense words, pseudowords, word-attack words, […]
January 1, 2017

Common Knowledge

I’m saying goodbye to 2016 in appropriate fashion: spending time with my family, eating a lot, fighting a cold, and studying word things. Over the years […]
March 17, 2017

Doctor Heal Thyself

You know, sometimes you just have to talk to a doctor about something embarrassing and there’s no way around it, so here I go. To Dr. Karen: A […]