Archive - The Wordshop

Who likes 'whom'?

And do we trust it?

Jun 8 •

Barbara Wallraff

May 2025

Words as playthings

Sometimes the message is the medium

May 22 •

Barbara Wallraff

April 2025

'I,' 'me,' 'my'

Getting personal with pronouns

Apr 21 •

Barbara Wallraff

Gifting and giving

And how and why they're not the same

Apr 12 •

Barbara Wallraff

In praise of George Orwell

His insights into the political significance of language may surprise you

Apr 3 •

Barbara Wallraff

March 2025

Does it offend you to be told what to do?

Mar 31 •

Barbara Wallraff

Welcoming some new words and banishing some old ones

How is the Oxford English Dictionary unlike the Trump administration?

Mar 28 •

Barbara Wallraff

In the realm of business, not hospitality

Mar 24 •

Barbara Wallraff

The new 'New Yorker' style

I like what they've done but wonder why they didn't do more

Mar 16 •

Barbara Wallraff

A screed by any other name

Wait — is there any other name for a screed?

Mar 13 •

Barbara Wallraff

Why is grammar so unglamorous?

The words ‘grammar’ and ‘glamour’ come from the same root — but that’s pretty much the only thing the concepts have in common.

Mar 12 •

Barbara Wallraff

February 2025

The case of the missing 'qobar'

Why the word no longer appears in unabridged dictionaries

Feb 15 •

Barbara Wallraff

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