Editor and Publisher: “Plunging into the debate about the use of the word ‘nigger’ in general-interest newspapers, the Washington Post’s assistant managing editor for copy desks, Don Podesta, is urging writers there to use some other reference than ‘the N-word.'”
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Bada-Bing! I’ll Photoshop Your Carpet Bombing Bling After Cross-Training and a Self-Harming Telemeeting With Central Casting
New words added to the OED! Here’s a full list of the words. In addition, the alphabetical range pleb-Ponak has been added to the New Edition. (via Literary Gas)
A Sentence As Compelling As “Roam Roam Roam Roam Roam Roam Roam”
Is the sentence “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” legitimate? (via Books, Words & Writing)
I Have No Break But This
The Virtues of Continuous Partial Attention?
University of Toronto: “The study finds that instant messaging language does mirror patterns in speech, but that teens, surprisingly, are actually using a fusion of different levels of diction. Teens are using both informal forms that their English teachers would never allow, yet they also use formal writing phrasing that, if used in speech, would likely be considered ‘uncool.'”