That's What They Say

Many of us don’t talk about doornails very often, but sometimes we will when things are really, well, dead.

If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the "f" in "leaf" turns into a "v" in the plural form "leaves."

If I say I’m gonna do it, I don’t necessarily mean I’m headed out the door right now to do it.

2025 had lots of people talking about sixes and sevens, but not in the loose ends kind of way.

Next time you’re hanging out with friends, you can debate just how slangy the phrasal verb ‘hang out’ is.

This may be one of the only times that throw pillows, golf, and curling all get wrapped into the same discussion.

When terror rains down, we suddenly have a spelling question.

The Declaration of Independence could readily have been the Declaration of Independency.

We can be bereaved, we can be bereft, and sometimes we can be both bereaved and bereft.