Soon enough you will start hearing a new word: pandemiologist. Google barely knows about it yet. An epidemiologist studies epidemics. You can guess what a pandemiologist studies. We have epidemics all the time. Pandemics have been relatively rare — one … Continue reading →
The last 2+ months have not been easy, despite how aware I am that my wife and I are having a far easier time of it than many people are. We have been rigorous about staying far away from others, … Continue reading →
Language fans are watching, enthralled, as the pandemic – which speeds up everything – causes a burst of linguistic invention across the world. Two academic self-described “leximaniacs” from Australia, Kate Burridge and Howard Manns, wrote a feature on the new … Continue reading →
