James Harbeck is a professional word taster and sentence sommelier (an editor trained in linguistics). He is the author of the blog Sesquiotica and the book Songs of Love and Grammar.
10 signature foods with borrowed names
The delicate art of using linguistics to identify an anonymous author
Dashes and hyphens: A comprehensive guide
The new rules of CaPiTaLiZaTiOn
The curious case of people who can't stop speaking in foreign accents
What's not to like about 'like'?
How the world's languages handle thorny gender issues
Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.
Why so strangely Yoda speaks?
How 'thoughts and prayers' became the stock phrase of tragedies
