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January 2010, Vol. 12, No. 1

•  Book Review: To Know and Distinguish by Mark Halpern
•  Bog This! — A Misadventure in Etymology by Bonnie Furlong
•  It's About Time by Richard Lederer
•  Culture and Society: Michael Jackson and Mary Shelley by John Kilgore
•  When Writers Become Red by Paul Weidknecht
•  Vocabula Revisited: Gin, Anyone? Or, How Did Gynecology Become a Guy Thing? by Henry Ansgar Kelly
•  Fiction: Dear Jean by Katherine Mullis
•  The Elder Statesman: Some Tools of Our Trade by Clark Elder Morrow
•  Postcards from Babel: tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'? (Do You Speak Klingon?) by Amalia Gnanadesikan
•  Bethumped with Words: Obscure Verbs of Leaping by Bill Casselman
•  Harrison's Corner: Todo es Nada by Carey Harrison
•  Letter of the Law: Is Washington Filibusted? by Adam Freedman
•  Language Module 28: Typoglycemia by Roger Rondeau
•  Disagreeable English
•  Elegant English
•  Clues to Concise Writing
•  Scarcely Used Words
•  Gotcha Grammar
•  TVR Poll


February 2010, Vol. 12, No. 2

•  "It's My Centennial!" said Tom Swiftly by Richard Lederer
•  Lost Qualifiers by David Galif
•  "May I Quote You?" On Compiling a Book of Quotations by Clark Elder Morrow
•  Singin' the "We" Blues by Heidi Huse
•  The Blind Review: A Literary Breakthrough by Mark Halpern
•  Life Tales: Bumbling into Bliss: My Life as a Teacher by Jeff Minick
•  Vocabula Revisited: The Last Words by Christopher Orlet
•  Two Poems: On Winter Afternoons by Kathleen Goldbach
•  Shibboleths: Welcome to Country Music by John Kilgore
•  Bethumped with Words: Schiaparelli: A Renowned Coutourière’s Italian Surname Traced to Its Origins by Bill Casselman
•  Harrison's Corner: Nation Out to Lunch by Carey Harrison
•  The Common Reader: Letters to Rudi Todo es Nada by Kevin Mims
•  Letter of the Law: Boilerplate Special by Adam Freedman
•  Language Module 29: The Essence of S by Roger Rondeau
•  Disagreeable English
•  Elegant English
•  On Dimwitticisms
•  Clues to Concise Writing
•  Scarcely Used Words
•  Gotcha Grammar
•  TVR Poll


March 2010, Vol. 12, No. 3

•  Language, Money, and the Modern University by Will Hamlin
•  "I Love Verb-al Games," Tom Croaked by Richard Lederer
•  If Moses Were on Twitter (or, Thou Shalt Twitter!) by Judy Gruen
•  Issue by Julian Burnside
•  Book Review: Jack Lynch, The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of "Proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park by Mark Halpern
•  Specialty Dictionary: Glossary of Jazz Slang by Michael Ricci
•  Ain't: It Just Ain't What It Used to Be by Linda Eve Diamond
•  Vocabula Revisited: Choice Words by Ken Bresler
•  The Elder Statesman: The Perfect Mess by Clark Elder Morrow
•  Bethumped with Words: Hat Trick by Bill Casselman
•  Harrison's Corner: Reflections on the Death of Learning by Carey Harrison
•  The Common Reader: Roosters: Encounters with Barry Hannah and Horton Foote by Kevin Mims
•  Letter of the Law: Cents and Sensibility by Adam Freedman
•  Language Module 30: Treasures of Speech by Roger Rondeau
•  Disagreeable English
•  Elegant English
•  On Dimwitticisms
•  Clues to Concise Writing
•  Scarcely Used Words
•  Gotcha Grammar
•  TVR Poll


April 2010, Vol. 12, No. 4

•  Apostrophe Epiphany by Mikita Brottman
•  The Word Magic of Lewis Carroll by Richard Lederer
•  The Vocabulary of Ancient Greek Tragedy in Modern English by Francis Blessington
•  Book Excerpt: The Eternal Cliché by Robert M. Knight
•  The Murdochization of News by Mark P. Painter
•  Vocabula Revisited: Knowing Words by Robert McHenry
•  Two Poems: Sometimes It Is Enough Merely To Breathe by Jeff Minick
•  Fiction: 768 Words by Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick
•  The Elder Statesman: Me and Mr. Junkhead by Clark Elder Morrow
•  Bethumped with Words: It's Wrong, Deer. Quite Wrong! by Bill Casselman
•  Harrison's Corner: Name That Tree by Carey Harrison
•  The Common Reader: Bound for the Orient by Kevin Mims
•  Letter of the Law: Taxonomy and Spend by Adam Freedman
•  Language Module 31: Personificatering by Roger Rondeau
•  Disagreeable English
•  Elegant English
•  On Dimwitticisms
•  Clues to Concise Writing
•  Scarcely Used Words
•  Gotcha Grammar
•  TVR Poll
•  Newly Coined Words


May 2010, Vol. 12, No. 5

•  Crying Over Split Milk by Joseph Epstein
•  The Hyena's Share by Skip Eisiminger
•  The English Language Is Going Great Guns by Richard Lederer
•  Culture and Society: The Resiliency Gene by Ellen Graf
•  Puzzled? by Donna Gorrell
•  Homophonic Embarrassments That May Result from Relying on Spell Check by Pat Gallant
•  Vocabula Revisited: Hyphenology, or The Missing Link by Darren Crovitz
•  A Poem: Science Museum: Flood Season by Maryann Corbett
•  The Elder Statesman: A Different Sort of Scholarship by Clark Elder Morrow
•  The Critical Reader: An Appreciation: G. J. Toomer, John Selden: A Life in Scholarship by Mark Halpern
•  Bethumped with Words: St. John's Wort: Its Benefits Both Mystical and Medical by Bill Casselman
•  Harrison's Corner: Corporate Woods by Carey Harrison
•  The Common Reader: Read Any Good Maps Lately? by Kevin Mims
•  Letter of the Law: Well, I'll Be Hanged by Adam Freedman
•  Language Module 32: Cross Words: The 120 Years War by Roger Rondeau
•  Disagreeable English
•  Elegant English
•  On Dimwitticisms
•  Clues to Concise Writing
•  Scarcely Used Words
•  Gotcha Grammar
•  TVR Poll
•  Newly Coined Words


June 2010, Vol. 12, No. 6

•  Confessions of a Blooper Snooper by Richard Lederer
•  Dorothy Parker and Clapping by Richard Carter
•  Language Craven: A Definition by Robert Hartwell Fiske
•  Stop Writing Press Releases: Start Writing News Releases by Philip Yaffee
•  Specialty Dictionary: Glossary of Phobias by Fredd Culbertson
•  Vocabula Revisited: The Analysis of Meaning by Barbara Ann Kipfer
•  A Poem: For H.D.T. by Keith Gogan
•  A Poem: Deluxe Starter Kit by Eileen Hennessy
•  The Elder Statesman: In the Classroom of the Gods by Clark Elder Morrow
•  Bethumped with Words: Frog! The Origin of a Racist Insult by Bill Casselman
•  Harrison's Corner: It's Out There by Carey Harrison
•  The Common Reader: The Chatterlings in Wordland by Kevin Mims
•  Language Module 33: Abecedarianism by Roger Rondeau
•  Gotcha Grammar
•  TVR Poll
•  Newly Coined Words



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