Collecting My Thoughts

I did it again. I was looking at a dictionary and my eyes found the page no one ever reads--the list of how to pronounce English. There wer...

Normally, I wouldn’t be reading Refinery29 , a digital media source established in 2015. It’s owned by something called Vice Media which in ...

The Merriam-Webster word of the day is Gelid .  Never heard of it, and after reading the explanation, I doubt I would ever use it since I’ve...

I confessed in my piece about Elizabeth Warren that I shopped on Panic Saturday (Dec. 21). Macy's was so happy to see me again that toda...

Have you ever wondered why we say, "world without end" in the Gloria Patri? Me neither. I guess I've said or sung it so often ...

I might be ostentatious, but I'm not an "inkhorn." I prefer plain English. In fact, I'd never heard the word inkhorn used...

"The Left is crystal clear. They have a new rainbow flag, they want to remove Washington, Jefferson, Betsy Ross and the rest of the ...

640 new words were added in April to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. I've been saying one of them incorrectly:  I say, "to-go cup...

More phony words from leftists. ". . . Latinx Pop Culture class take us on a journey into his co-curated exhibit, Tales from La Vida: L...

Insults in Shakespeare--perfect for today's social media.

We have a new sheriff in town.  Remember when mothers would tell their toddlers, "Use your words, not your fists."  We may regret ...

  The Ghost of Christmas Future Imperfect Conditional http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/continuousconditional.htm http://www.ef.c...

  https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/1599-Geneva-Bible-GNV/   "All but forgotten today, the Geneva Bible was the most widely read...

"Language has been described as complicated, intriguing and beautiful.” So opens the University of New Hampshire’s “Bias-Free Language...

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2006/04/word_count.html Global Language Monitor estimates * that—as of this writing—t...

Michael Smith writes: "What does it say about a society that has grown comfortable with cursing so ubiquitous as to be a normal part of...

           “When discussing issues with liberals, it’s practically impossible to know what’s considered racist [or homophobic or sexist] a...

We need to have a conversation about this phrase, "We need to have a conversation about . . ." because when anyone says it, you kn...

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