The Language Guy

Commentary on how language is used and abused in advertising, politics, the law, and other areas of public life. You can think of this blog as a linguistic self-defense course in which we prepare ourselves to do battle with the forces of linguistic evil. After a hiatus of many months I am back by popular demand. This time around I will not restrict myself to issues in which language is not involved.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Why I Pay No Attention to Politics

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This morning I encountered a headline in the Columbus, Dispatch blasting out, "GOP blasts mailings; Democrats blast spending."  Wh...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Will Twitter and SMS Messages Kill Serious Communication

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I was asked the question posed in the title of this blog and was somewhat puzzled as to why one might think that communications restricted t...
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Friday, May 07, 2010

Wearing a Burka in Public

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I just saw a news story coming from the BBC describing a case in which a woman wearing a burka in Novara in north-western Italy was arrested...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Toyota Apology

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I have been trying to find the full text of Toyota's apology for the safety problem that has finally resulted in a massive recall of the...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

What Was Alan Alda Thinking?

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My wife and I just finished watching Alan Alda's PBS thing on the "human spark."  He's a smart guy and funny but what was ...
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I am a Professor Emeritus in Linguistics at The Ohio State University.
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