By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve lived in Indiana for 12 years now, and, prior to that, I was born and raised in Oklahoma. In both places,
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Should vibrations: An ode to American language efficiency
By Curtis Honeycutt Americans like being the best at things. We’re the best at baseball, jazz, freedom, national parks — pretty much anything Ken Burns
It’s all well and good — until it’s not
By Curtis Honeycutt According to G.K. Chesterton, “The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a
An apostrophe-free farmers market
By Curtis Honeycutt I love this time of year for many reasons, but perhaps my favorite thing about early summer is the farmers market. I
Getting intransigent about intransitive verbs
By Curtis Honeycutt I ran into my friend Lou at the farmers market on Saturday and she looked troubled. This wasn’t because the sweet corn
How to avoid RAS Syndrome
By Curtis Honeycutt I have some urgent news: there’s an epidemic sweeping the country. So far, scientists haven’t found a cure, but I’m happy to
A quick reality check on reality TV
By Curtis Honeycutt Spring is in full swing. The bugs are back, seasonal allergies have come out of hiding and “for sale” signs in front
An increasingly informal lexicon reflected in Dictionary.com’s newest word list
By Curtis Honeycutt I can still remember buying my copy of Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language back in high school. It was
There is no future … in English tense
By Curtis Honeycutt There is no future. Feel free to go back to bed now. You probably think I’m referring to the fact that we
It’s about time we discussed this, noon or midnight
By Curtis Honeycutt If having kids has taught me anything, it’s that I’m never going to be on time for anything again in my life.