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Drawer-Draw Conflation
Photo: Marcus Gossler I’ve known New Yorkers who, despite exhibiting few traces of “Brooklynese,” pronounce “drawer” as if it were “draw.”* These are folks, mind you, who pronounce each and every other...
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A Strange Chapter in “Wog”s Hateful History
L. Ron Hubbard in 1950 (wikimedia) “Wog” is an offensive term in British English which refers to various immigrant groups. Its etymology is debated. One theory suggests acronymous origins, along the...
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Jane Austen’s English
Illustration from Emma, by C.E. Brock A reader recently wrote me with a question about the language in Jane Austen’s novels: I see you’ve talked a little about accent in Shakespeare’s time, but do we...
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