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Failures in Polymathy

– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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English, History, Humour, Linguistics, Non-Fiction 0 Comments

May 20, 2022August 14, 2021

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever – John McWhorter

John McWhorter is a favorite of mine, so I am admittedly biased. But I enjoyed it.

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Linguistics, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized 1 Comment

January 11, 2019December 5, 2018

What Language is – John McWhorter

John McWhorter has a gift for making an understanding of language easy and accessible.

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Linguistics, Non-Fiction 0 Comments

June 1, 2018May 5, 2018

Talking Back, Talking Black – John McWhorter

Few topics are as controversial as the state of AAVE in the USA.

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