Words that mean what they say – or not
I like to think of myself as a logical person, but as I dig into the English language, I find that much of our language is nonsense.
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Curtis Honeycutt: When a word is itself — or is it?
While English may not be logical, I get a kick out of autological words. An autological word is a word that describes itself. Before you feel like you’re in a
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Fossilized phrases are set in stone
If you want to feel old, try explaining how we used to watch TV to a 10-year-old.
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Curtis Honeycutt: Much ado about fossil words
We have some English words that seem like fossils, yet, like those of us born in the last century, they keep a death grip on life. These words are called
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All's OK with variants like 'okay'
I’m from Oklahoma, the state which had the best state song until Ray Charles’ “Georgia” became The Peach State’s official song in 1979.
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