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Swearing across cultures: The beaver said what?!

Here’s one about potential traps strewn across unfamiliar cultural landscapes. As recounted by the National Post, a French author and a French publishing house with a popular series of children’s books set in Quebec got it wrong...

Moist? Ugh. Mucus? Yuck. Words we hate.

There’s a great article today in Slate.com about word aversions. Right near the top of most-hated words: moist, it even beats out vomit and puke, at least in polls of college students. I think you have to say it out loud to get the full...

How to talk North Country

Grant Barrett’s visit to the region brought home to me the importance of the connection between how we talk and who we are. You will know us by our accent. It’s the way we determine who is us, and who is them. But just what makes up the...

You say potato, I say potahto

Barb Heller passed this around NCPR last week. I had not seen it before, so I thought some of you might have missed it as it made the digital rounds. Lots of fun. I think we should have the NCPR staff record it. What do you think? It’s worth a...

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Commentary: Common Expressions

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Aug 28, 2001 — Commentator Paul Willcott has a linguistic bone to pick. Common expressions he'd just as soon never hear again. Go to full article

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