A little while ago, my brother pointed something out to me. He has two nieces and one nephew, but no way to refer to them as a collective. When talking about his brothers’ kids, he always has to say, “Nieces and nephew.” I had never thought of it until he mentioned it, but he’s right….
I care about language. But, when it comes to language, I am very much a descriptivist rather than a prescriptivist. Basically that means that I don’t really care about how people should use language, I care about how people do use language. If you want to use “literally” figuratively, go for it. I’m cool with…
I hate the news. I suppose I don’t hate the news per se, but I really hate the people who deliver the news. They do a horrifically bad job. Everyone complains about meteorologists, but their job is really hard. The weather in incredibly complex and they are trying to tell us things about the future. The…
