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Jordan Kirtley / KMUWWe're talking about some words of the season as the temperatures have fortunately turned for the better and allergies unfortunately have not. -
Jordan Kirtley / KMUWToday we're taking a trip back into the past — past tense, past participles... When we try to tell someone about something that already happened, it can be trickier than we might think.
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The year is 1066: William the Conqueror lands upon the shores of England and changes the course of the English language forever. So what does that mean for us? -
We take a look at some modern-day idioms, where they came from, and what they could possibly mean. -
We look at a list of words people want to banish in this new year. Some of them we agree with, some of them we won't let go without a fight! -
We'll run through the various dictionaries' selections for the words of the year and offer up a few of our own.
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What could be more fun for the holidays than digging into the bizarre world of Latin and Greek plurals? Nothing! That's what! -
We wade into the social media wars as we take a look at some of the most common language mistakes people make when they're posting online.
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We hit a number of language-related topics this week, kicked off by a listener question about what the heck a participle actually is. -
We look at some names of famous people that, when you pronounce them correctly, can let people know you're an expert... or a snob.
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The letter of the week is "B," as we move on to the second part in our series looking at the hardest words on the SAT. -
This week, we're here to help you relax a little bit by telling you that some of those little language mistakes that raise your blood pressure might not actually be mistakes.
