Last year, I was cruising South down the Florida coast, headed for home and minding my own business.  The VHF radio was on, monitoring cha...

Yes, you.  It's the time of year at which I start to bitch and moan more than usual about what you have been doing to my language in th...

Language— a divine gift given to the human race. I have a strong admiration for language. There are thousands of languages spoken worldwid...

I had to laugh at a recent CNN.com article about the alleged 20th anniversary of the "text message."  Why? because it points out...

So, here's the thing. I understand that English is a living language: it grows, it evolves, it changes over time. But the thing is, ther...

Well, my mentor Dr. Syntax read Everything is on the Table today and liked it a great deal. Unfortunately he had a total breakdown this mo...

App - app app app - app app! No, it's not the AFLAC duck, or a farmyard full of turkeys a week before Thanksgiving. It's not your n...

The woods decay, the woods decay and fall The vapors sweep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And ...