Showing posts with label Language and Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language and Writing. Show all posts

Mrs. Maisel Yet Again — 1961 Talking Like It’s 2011.

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April 18, 2023 Posted by Jay Livingston Five years ago, I posted here about the language anachronisms in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” That p...

When Chappelle Says It, It’s Funny

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November 18, 2022 Posted by Jay Livingston Dave Chappelle, in his SNL monologue, offered an insight about language that I’ve used a few time...

“Julia” — Serving Up Words Before Their Time

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May 4, 2022 Posted by Jay Livingston “The Marvelous Mrs. Anachronism” ( here ) is the post in this blog with by far  the most hits and comme...
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Cotton-picking — Real and Metaphorical

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February 24, 2022 Posted by Jay Livingston Words change. Usually the change in the literal meaning is so gradual that it's hard to see. ...

Did They Really Say That in 1882?

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February 12, 2022 Posted by Jay Livingston Language anachronisms in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Mad Men” often came through loud and cl...
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Trends in the Word Market

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February 10, 2022 Posted by Jay Livingston Kieran Healy tweeted recently about his 2017 paper “Fuck Nuance.” ( Click on an image for a large...

Being the Ricardos — Who’s Gaslighting Who?

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January 17, 2022 Posted by Jay Livingston The most frequently viewed post on this blog by far is the original one about language anachronism...

When Less Is More . . . More Correct

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August 12, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston “Fewer than one in four people who are pregnant are vaccinated,” said Noelle King on NPR this morni...

I’m So Excited

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July 27, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston The French, says Julie Barlow ( here ), don’t show excitement. They don’t even have a word for it, or...
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Gender and the C-word

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May 26, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston The C-word is back in the news thanks to a retweet by Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene.  Greene had likened ...

Personal Needs and Public Morality

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May 6, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston      Victoria Eng updated the page [a GoFundMe for the victim] on Wednesday to say that her grandmother...

Trauma and Therapy-Speak

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March 30, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston It’s nice to have your perceptions ratified so that you can stop asking yourself, “Is it just me tha...

We Didn’t Talk About Healing and Unity in the 60s. Why now?

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January 22, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston Now that the inauguration has finally settled the question of who is president, the calls for “uni...

Ring in the New — With a Bit of the Old

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January 5, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston Last week, I learned a new word, skeuomorphism — a elements of a new technology that look like tho...

The Lack of a Need for Unclear Negative Writing Can Never Be Underestimated

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January 4, 2021 Posted by Jay Livingston Twelve years ago in this blog, I wrote a post with the title, “ Accentuate the Positive; Eliminate ...

Doctor? My Eye.

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December 14, 2020 Posted by Jay Livingston “Madame First Lady — Mrs. Biden — Jill — kiddo: a bit of advice... Any chance you might drop the ...
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Can “Up” Make Masks Masculine?

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November 6, 2020 Posted by Jay Livingston A lot of people in this country still refuse to wear masks. In most places, no laws require masks,...

Watching Your Language — Gerunds and the Fantasy Echo

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August 27, 2020 Posted by Jay Livingston Gabriel Rossman has a very funny Twitter thread today detailing the mistakes he found when he re...
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“Black People”or “The Black People”

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May 31, 2020 Posted by Jay Livingston There’s a subtle but important difference between talking about “Black people” and taliking about “the...

Brides and Names, New York Times Edition

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February 20, 2020 Posted by Jay Livingston “She’s keeping her name,” a friend said the other day. We were talking about a girl we know wh...