Hong’s Cave

Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist often featured on NPR’s “Fresh Air”. I’ve always found his comments on the language usages and origins fascinating, so when I heard about his current collection, Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Times, I’ve decided to get both.
This book is a collection of his commentaries on the [...]

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I first heard about this book on NPR (as usual). Although I thought the joke was a bit weak, I liked the concept of the book. The book was not like a reference book on punctuation although it describes several usage rules for some punctuation marks; it was more like a collection of [...]

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To quote (loosely) a broadcaster on NPR for this “War” this morning: “This is the ‘Shock and Awe’ [show?] we’ve been promised.”
Is this like a New York Fourth of July firework extravaganza? Is this the blockbuster dinner and the movie? Is this a bully showing off his bulked up muscles and flexing biceps?
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