Fun with Words: Reduplication

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Credit to the Phrase Finder website for much of the information on this topic. I love words, and one of the great joys of maintaining this blog is getting to learn about, think about, and write about them. I find particular (and perhaps unusual) joy in learning the names of various wordy phenomena. For example, I’ve written previously about feghoots, eggcorns, mondegreens, …

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Commonly Confused Words: Turbid and Turgid

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Two easily confused words.

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You’re From Scotland? Do You Know Phil?

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An unusual post. Just read it.

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Writing Tip: “Seeing As How”

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More on word choice and word preferences.

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Writing Tip: Use “Since” Instead of “As”

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Word choice matters. Choose words that are the least ambiguous.

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