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An Alabama high-school teacher observes that one of his fellow teachers tends to write words that should be plural as singular, such as 'I ...

[This episode first aired March 21, 2009.]Sure, there's 'Grandma' and 'Grampa,' but there's also 'Gammy,' 'Bumpy,' 'Dadoo,' 'Gre-Gre,' ...

[This episode first aired March 14, 2009.]If English isn't your first language, there are lots of ways to learn it, such as memorizing ...

A caller wonders why some versions of The Lord's Prayer include the phrase 'forgive us our trespasses,' while others substitute the word ...

What's the deal with using the two-letter postal code abbreviations for states, instead of the longer, more formal abbreviations? That is, ...

[This episode originally aired February 28, 2009.]'Twittering,' 'tweeting,' 'twirting'--it's rare to see a whole new body of language ...

[This episode first aired February 23, 2009.]Does your 'handwriting' look like chicken scratches, calligraphy, or maybe something in ...

Are serial commas always necessary? An English teacher says she was surprised to learn that she and her husband, who's also an English ...

[This episode first aired February 14, 2009.]Martha and Grant share a couple of favorite online sources for reading about language: Michael ...

How can the word 'friend' possibly describe both the people you went to school with *and* the people to whom you are connected through ...

'Great Googly Moogly!' A caller wonders where that exclamation comes from. Here's the Snickers commercial that includes the phrase. your ...

A special message for podcast listeners. Also, this just in: The term gunny sack is a pleonasm! Who knew? (So sue us -- we can't help ...

[This episode first aired February 7, 2009.]Are fairy tales too scary for children? A survey of parents in Britain found that more than ...