Wishydig

...so when someone says the kids were literally bouncing of the walls I'm not likely to imagine a bunch of kids pressing against the upr...

I'm now in another country. And not just visiting. My wife has a job teaching at a university and I've taken a break from teaching t...

I'm a language lover. I have been since I was a kid. Just about eleven months after being born, I started saying words and I've been...

An hourlong wait for the answer to a simple question gets tiresome. So I'm not usually a fan of detective procedurals on TV. I suppose t...

It's been over a year since I posted anything on this blog, and I don't think the symbolism of an entirely silent 2012 is as beautif...

Seen in a comment from a social networking site: "Your alive ? I thought this was a line through a wishyboard...." I wouldn't ...

Ben Zimmer was one of the first language bloggers to notice Wishydig and occasionally direct readers this way. I still remember that almost ...

Ben Zimmer and John McWhorter have done a diavlog hosted by Bloggingheads. If you know the names, you already know if you're interested...

About a year ago I asked if anyone could help me get IPA Palette working on Snow Leopard. I didn't get much of a response. I found some...

Seven dogs died because of a flight from Tulsa to Chicago. I know the reports say they died afterwards, but that's according to the airl...