Before they gather any more digital dust, here are a few dozen links on a linguistic theme – etymology, grammar, slang, dialect, gesture, writing, spelling, animal communication, etc. – for your re…| Sentence first
A new book spine poem, on a linguistic (and mildly sweary) theme, with some notes on its contents below the photograph. * Swearing Is Good for You The F-word – spell it out: Swearing is good for yo…| Sentence first
Few voices in film are as distinctive and cherished as Werner Herzog’s. That applies to voice in both literal and figurative senses, but my focus here is on the singular instrument with which he na…| Sentence first
In her terrific 2022 book Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century, Dana Stevens reports an interesting account of an attempted collaboration betwee…| Sentence first
