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Not One-Off Britishisms

I don't usually review other websites here, and I don't really want to start now. But I'd be interested to read what you think of Ben Yagoda's site Not One-Off Britishisms. Yagoda is a journalism professor at the University of Delaware and author of many things. I first became aware of his worries about BrEisms in AmE in an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education called "The Elements of Clunk.
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Don't be discouraged from not voting

Academics / Linguistics : Language Log (7 months ago)

Ben Yagoda spotted a nice case of overnegation on NPR's "Morning Edition" earlier today, when Renee Montagne interviewed political science professor Michael McDonald about early voting. After explaining that Obama was leading in ear... Read Post

Ben Yagoda, Evan Davies and me

Academics / Linguistics : Separated by a Common Language (2 days ago)

I'm afraid to say that this is more of me not getting around to blogging. So many things on the list, but my day job has been taking over my nights. But several people have asked to hear the interview with me and Ben Yagoda from Rad... Read Post

Yagoda on semantic change

Academics / Linguistics : Language Log (2 years ago)

Ben Yagoda shows in this article in Slate (not for the first time) that he is one English professor cum journalistic writer who really is smart as well as witty when writing about language. In this article he actually does some empi... Read Post


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