Podcast appearances and mentions of bryan garner

Dazzle friends with the grammar smarts you'll get from our second chat with Bryan Garner, one of America's language gurus. Finally, you're about to learn if you can - or cannot - end a sentence with a preposition; if you can use "like" instead of "as"; and if you can banish "whom" and "whomever" from your brain. Just wait until you hear Bryan's rant about lawyers' terrible writing. Speaking of which, can you guess which common five-letter word (which lawyers love) causes endless legal battles? 

... we've never had so much fun debating it! Bryan Garner, one of America's grammar gurus, tells us where we're going wrong grammatically - and what we're getting right. You're sure to find (you'll surely find?) answers to some of your own burning questions, like (or is it "such as"?): should you feel bad about using adverbs? Or should you feel badly? How will this episode impact your own language? (Actually, is "impact" even a verb?) After hearing our conversation with Bryan, you might not write or speak quite the same way.

Following the recent release of the 12th Edition of Black's Law Dictionary, The Hearing is privileged to welcome its Editor-in-Chief, Bryan Garner, to the show. And to be honest, we're a bit nervous to write this description of our conversation with this esteemed grammarian, lexicographer, and lawyer! You don't hear about fourth graders naming "shan't" as a contraction or teenagers amassing a large vocabulary to impress potential dates. And we don't know about you, but we were too busy staying afloat the first week of law school to begin working on a legal dictionary – and still too busy during our clerkship to see it through to publication. But none of us is Bryan Garner. Bryan chats with Jennifer about his long-time love of linguistics and the obstacles he overcame – from unsupportive professors, uninterested publishers, uncongenial colleagues, and scarce funds – to pursue his passion and strike out on his own. Bryan also pulls back the curtain on the process of editing and updating Black's – and invites you to be a part of it! To learn more about Bryan Garner, visit https://lawprose.org/bryan-garner/.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidlat.substack.comWhat's the most widely cited legal book in the world? If you guessed Black's Law Dictionary, then congratulate yourself. Henry Campbell Black published the first edition in 1891, and today it's a must-have for every lawyer and law student. I even make an appearance in Black's as the coiner of the term “benchslap,” defined as “a judge's sharp rebuke of counsel, a litigant, or perhaps another judge.”Who decides whether a term has gained sufficient traction to make it into Black's? That would be Bryan Garner, the prominent legal lexicographer, lawyer, and legal-writing expert. In the latest episode of the Original Jurisdiction podcast, he explains how he and his colleagues determine whether a neologism has made the cut.This is actually a bonus episode of the podcast, since I posted an episode last week and I'll have another episode next week. What's the occasion? Today marks the publication of the twelfth edition of Black's Law Dictionary. If you're looking for a graduation or back-to-school gift for a law student, or maybe a Father's Day gift for a #LawDad in your life, order your copy today.Thanks to Bryan for joining me, and congratulations to him and his team on the latest edition of Black's Law Dictionary.Show Notes:* Bryan A. Garner bio, LawProse* Black's Law Dictionary (12th ed.), Amazon* Black's Law Dictionary: An Interview with Bryan A. Garner, by David Lat for Above the LawPrefer reading to listening? For paid subscribers, a transcript of the entire episode appears below.Sponsored by:NexFirm helps Biglaw attorneys become founding partners. To learn more about how NexFirm can help you launch your firm, call 212-292-1000 or email careerdevelopment@nexfirm.com.

An in-depth interview with the Supermarket creators/directors Adam Murciano, Antonio Cordero & Alexandria Benoit about the behind the scenes process of what it took to make this show! Interviewed by Bryan Garner from the Be More Super Podcast.For more on Supermarket and 911 Podcasts check out our socials! Instagram | Twitter | IMDb | 911+ Exclusive Content© 911 Podcasts, 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Among the hundreds of great new legal tech available in recent years, Clearbrief stands near the top. Jackie Schafer, a former big-law and state attorney general who had a vision of attorneys and their staff working more effectively and efficiently, designed an app that lives right in your Microsoft Word. Clearbrief lets you upload your case file to it so you can ask it questions: “When did the defendant first get notice of plaintiff's claim?” “Where is the evidence of defendant's bad faith?” “What are the plaintiff's expert's opinions?” Clearbrief will take you directly to the page and line of the document that supports your facts.And its new timeline feature is a game-changer: feed Clearbrief a pile of documents with unorganized facts, and it will give you a chart showing the timeline of relevant events, complete with hyperlinks showing the page and line for each.Judges are now using Clearbrief to write their opinions.And did you know? Legal-writing guru Bryan Garner was Clearbrief's first angel investor.Jackie Schafer's biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.Sign up for Not To Be Published, Tim Kowal's weekly legal update, or view his blog of recent cases.The California Appellate Law Podcast thanks Casetext for sponsoring the podcast. Listeners receive a discount on Casetext Basic Research at casetext.com/CALP. The co-hosts, Jeff and Tim, were also invited to try Casetext's newest technology, CoCounsel, the world's first AI legal assistant. You can discover CoCounsel for yourself with a demo and free trial at casetext.com/CoCounsel.Other items discussed in the episode:Clearbrief.comBob Ambrogi: New AI Features In Clearbrief Create Hyperlinked Timelines And Allow Users To Query Their DocumentsVideos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal's YouTube channel.

Learn about a real world example of a confusable. Discover a type of word with two opposite meanings. Word Nerd special. A reference and an essay recommendation. Bryan Garner and David Foster Wallace.

WARNING: This episode contains opinions of a law-nerd nature. Discretion is advised.Have you ever encountered the parenthetical “(cleaned up)” at the end of a case citation? By now over 5,000 judicial opinions in nearly ever jurisdiction have used it, including the U.S. Supreme Court. So it's time you got acquainted with it.The credit (or blame) for introducing this new device goes to Jack Metzler. Jack shares how he came up with the innovation over several long moments of deliberation on Twitter (specifically: about 90 seconds). But unlike most tweets, Jack's idea flourished into a law review article that now stands as the 2nd most-often cited article in judicial opinions of all time (and only 40 citations behind Justice Louis Brandeis's 1st place paper).Jack subjects himself to the following questioning:❔What does (cleaned up) even mean? Answer: It means you can start a quote with a capital letter without using those stupid ugly square brackets, without having to explain it. And other stuff like that.❔Ok, so judges are using it. But will judges trust lawyers to use it faithfully? Answer: Judges already don't trust lawyers, so I don't even understand your question.❔I think the judges want to see the quote exactly as it appeared. Answer: That's not even a question. And no one is forcing you to use (cleaned up).Jack Metzler's biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.Sign up for Not To Be Published, Tim Kowal's weekly legal update, or view his blog of recent cases.The California Appellate Law Podcast thanks Casetext for sponsoring the podcast. Listeners receive a discount on Casetext Basic Research at casetext.com/CALP. The co-hosts, Jeff and Tim, were also invited to try Casetext's newest technology, CoCounsel, the world's first AI legal assistant. You can discover CoCounsel for yourself with a demo and free trial at casetext.com/CoCounsel.Other items discussed in the episode:Metzler published an essay in The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process on (cleaned up) citations a few years agoApparently, Bryan Garner has endorsed the practice tooThe most prominent (cleaned up) user is Justice Thomas, who included it in a February 25 opinion. According to information that Metzler gave the ABA Journal in March 2021, (cleaned up) has appeared in 5000 judicial opinions.Read the full article at the tvalaw.com blog  here.

You'll dazzle friends with the grammar smarts you'll get from our second chat with Bryan Garner, one of America's language gurus. Finally, you're about to learn if you can - or can't -  end a sentence with a preposition; if you can use "like" instead of "as"; and if you can banish "whom" and "whomever" from your brain. Just wait until you hear Bryan's rant about lawyers' terrible writing. Can you guess which common five-letter word (which lawyers love) causes endless legal battles? 

Bryan Garner, one of America's grammar gurus, tells us where we're going wrong - and what we're getting right. You're sure to find (you'll surely find?) answers to some of your own burning questions, like (or is it "such as"?): should you feel bad about using adverbs? Or should you feel badly? How will this episode impact your own language? (Actually, is "impact" even a verb?) After hearing our conversation with Bryan, you might not write or speak quite the same way.

Substance use disorders (SUD) are common within the population of people with HIV, and this can have a detrimental effect on their progression along the HIV care continuum. Despite this, SUD services are not currently integrated into AIDS service organisations as well as they might be.Dr Bryan Garner at RTI International and his team identified that integrating these services within community-based ASOs is one of the keys to addressing SUDs among people with HIV. Read more in Research Outreach Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03473-9

Does everyone come to you with every-single-little-question about your projects? Find out what you may be doing to encourage this bad habit as Bryan Garner, Director of Content Strategy with White Deer Group, discusses how the PMO is a content practice. You'll learn the challenges associated with PMO content, the Rule of Thirds when it comes to managing Content deliverables, and ways you can combat accuracy erosion.

On Thursday July 21st the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review two new books in the Hermetic field: "The Emerald Tablet" by Martin Faulks from Faulks Books and " Liber Spirituum" compiled and edited by Adam Forrest from Azoth Press. The Emerald Tablet is only 84 pages, and follows upon Martin's first publication "The Universal Master Key" (2013) (reviewed by the Hermetic Hour on March 26th, 2015). Martin Faulks is an ardent Bardonian and the Emerald Tablet is a commentary on that ancient document from a Bardonian perspective. Martin brilliantly analyses each paragraph or aphorism of the Tablet in relation to the Four Hermetic Elements in a process of internal alchemy and the ascent and descent of the Holy Spirit on the Middle Pillar. The second new publication is "Liber Spirituum" from Azoth Press, (251 pages hardbound) which is a compilation of articles on traditional magical evocation, invocation, and talisman making edited and introduced by Golden Dawn authority Adam Forrest. This is a beautifully bound limited edition, featuring inclusions by John Michael Greer, Chic and Tabetha Cicero, Aaron Leitch, Bryan Garner, Jeffery Kupperman, Scott Stenwick and Isadora Forrest's account of her forty day Raphael-Tiphareth retreat meditation which for me was the most inspiring and memorable aspect of the book. I was also impressed with John Michael Greer's article which reveals his own Lodge's interest in the "Nassaene document" and "From Ritual to Romance" which we have been writing and lecturing about for years. All considered Liber Spirituum is a very impressive and useful work, so if you want to learn what's new in the Hermetic universe, tune in and we'll have a look.

Join us for our first ever multi-guest special episode. Mike & Steve welcome former 'Coat' Entertainers to talk "Last Resort", their experiences & much more. Our guests are: Bryan Garner host of the acclaimed "Be More Super The podcast" Dan Hayes Owner & Artist at https://BleadingMarvelous.com Dan Fudge Host of Wednesday Week Podcast. Warning there is frequent bad language & accents which some listeners may find offensive. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badscripts/message

We speak to grammarian Bryan Garner about rare grammar books. One hundred books from Bryan’s collection of 1,900 books about grammar and 4,000 dictionaries are currently on display at the Grolier Club in New York. We learn how a teenage crush sparked Bryan’s love of grammar, how Noah Webster was instrumental in the spelling differences between British and American English, and how grammar continues to evolve.

A special episode looking back on Bad Scripts so far. Chatting with Podcast Master & friend of the stars Bryan Garner from "Be More Super The podcast". Bryan talks about his time as a "Coat", what it was like working with us and what celebrity interviews are really like. An hour of laughs, revelations and more memories from the chalet lines.. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badscripts/message

I'm so fortunate to be joined by Paul Begala as my first guest – we had a great conversation. Paul is a great storyteller, with tremendous insights he's learned over the years that remain incredibly relevant today.Podcast WebsiteTwitter: @ProPoliticsPodTwitter: @ZacMcCraryFacebook: The Pro Politics PodcastIN THIS EPISODE…Paul breaks out his spot-on impressions of Bill Clinton, James Carville, and a deep cut of Phil Graham…Why was Paul's nickname “Huntley-Brinkley”?Which Senator did a 12-year old Paul see, from the Senate Gallery, skillfully working the room during the 1973 Alaska pipeline vote?How does high-school Paul cross paths with both Tom Delay and Ron Paul in the 1970s? Why the concept of “taxation and representation” was incredibly influential in Paul's time at the University of Texas?The lasting impact Diane Begala, Paul's wife, has had on the UT campus…The story of Paul's (temporary) defeat for Student Body President by a fictional character…The two-word slogan that has defined Paul's outlook on politics, government, and life…What wager do Paul and his wife make before they see their friend Mark McKinnon on TV?How Paul learned more from losing a race in Texas than he did on any of the races he won?How Paul helped revive the political career of the man known as “The Three Time Loss from Holy Cross”…How one candidate's embrace of Transcendental Meditation changed a race…Which candidate Paul worked for had “the greatest collection of talent on one staff” that Paul's ever seen (and it's not the 1992 Clinton Team)…The story of how a pollster and an eye doctor found the right health care messaging to overcome a 47-point deficit in the 1991 upset win of PA Senator Harris Wofford…How the lesson of “be like Bobby Kennedy” made Paul a better campaign manager…Who is the potential Democratic candidate that Paul thought posed the greatest threat to Clinton's prospects…The “one thing that hasn't changed in the Democratic Party” since 1992…What was the “gold watch” strategy in the 1992 presidential race…Why Ross Perot actually hurt Bill Clinton in 1992 more than George HW Bush…What did Hillary Clinton say when Ross Perot (temporarily) pulled out of the '92 race…Why Bill Clinton wanted Paul Begala to work in the White House even though Paul felt “unqualified”…Paul in the middle of the Clinton impeachment fight during a strained personal relationship with the President…Paul's tips on how to be good on television…The advice Paul gives to anyone considering a career in politics…Which recent political movie does Paul “highly, highly recommend”?What spot on the map does Paul call “the greatest place in the world”?What Paul has learned from each of his four sons… Also mentioned...John Anzalone, Howard Baker, Billy Begala, Charlie Begala, Diane Begala, John Begala Patrick Begala, Anna Bennett, Lloyd Bentsen, Joe Biden, David Bowie, Bill Bradley, George W Bush, James Carville, Bob Casey, Bill Clements, Hillary Clinton, Mario Cuomo, Mike Donilon, Lloyd Doggett, Sarah Eckhardt, Bob Gammage, Bryan Garner, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore,  Florence Scroggins Graham, Larry Grisolano, Kent Hance, John Heinz, David Humphreville, Vernon Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Bob Kreuger, Frank Lautenberg, Lyle Lovett, Neil MacBride, Mary Matalin, Linda Moore, Karen Olick, Jay Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan, Ann Richards, John Schwartz, Bill Scranton, Bob Shrum, Russ Tidwell, Dick Thornburgh, John Tower, Doug Wilder, David Wilhelm, Harris Wofford, and more!

This week's guest believes that everyone should strive to BE MORE SUPER! Bryan Garner pops into the studio to share his origin story. He chats with Tyler about his early years in the arts, convention fandom, prop collecting, and what drove him to create BE MORE SUPER the podcast. Similar to the Man of Steel himself, Bryan is one truly remarkable person!

Cody Stafford, partner at Dobrowski Larkin & Stafford in Houston, joins us to talk about boutique litigation practice, the importance of writing, how to prepare for an interview, and how to ask your supervisor for feedback.Some of the episode highlights are:They are a complex commercial litigation boutique firm that does pretty much anything that falls under that umbrellaHouston is booming! Energy/Oil/Gas always play a role.How/why do boutiques succeed when competing against the mega-firms?E-Discovery is a huge issue right now.Advice:focus on learning to write;most of the practice happens on paper;also it is going to be your first impression with the partners;Bryan Garner really helps!Keep it simple, clear, and avoid legaleseGain a perspective that everything takes longer than you think, and you have to double check everythingPersevereDo a great job on your assignment, but also look for ways to contribute to the larger goal of success in the matter.Put in the work before asking for feedback on an assignment, and have a specific/defined questionIf asking for general performance feedback, don't pop in and ask...make an appointment (maybe over lunch or coffee) so both of you can set aside time.Also a good idea to come with your own thoughts on specific areas you feel you can improve in.Think of every project you do for a client as client development, so work on becoming a great lawyer first, while at the same time having the big picture in mind that every client interaction can impact your future businessAnd...every time you are out and around people, those are potential clients...so be prepared.When interviewing,engage with the interviewersshow that you prepared and researchedwriting sample is importanton a resume, it's not so much the content as it is the format, presentation, errors, etc.demonstrate that you are detail orientedLitigation is war, and you won't win every battle within that war so don't expect to or let it negatively impact you when you lose a motion, objection, etc. Keep the big picture of the overall case in mind.Rapid fire questionsMost important trait: dedicationHabit: questioning everythingTool: Federal Rules App for iPadLegal movie: My Cousin Vinny or Liar Liar

In this episode, I speak with legal writing authority, and professional treasure Bryan Garner about his most recent book, Garner's Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts, published by West Academic. Some key takeaways are:1. Unlike most legal writing, contract writing is about the future; it guides parties about what will happen next in their relationship with each other.2. Precision matters in contract writing. Precise writing will create unmistakably and help to avoid conflict in the future.3. Every lawyer, regardless of the area of law in which they practice, needs a merger clause.About our guest:Bryan Garner is the authority on legal writing. He is the editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of many leading works on legal style, including A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, The Elements of Legal Writing Style, Garner's The Redbook: A Manual of Legal Style, The Winning Brief, and The Winning Oral Argument. He has co-written two books with Justice Antonin Scalia; Reading the Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts and Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. His magnum opus is the 897-page Garner's Modern Usage Style, published by Oxford University Press. It is widely considered the preeminent authority on questions of English usage.Prof. Garner received an Honorary LL.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2000; a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, where he was an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review; and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980, with Special Honors in Plan II. He is President of LawProse, Inc., the foremost provider of CLE training in legal writing, editing, and drafting. His many professional activities include service on the Board of Directors of the Texas Law Review Association and on the Editorial Advisory Boards of The Copy Editor and The Green Bag, and as a consultant to the Oxford Dictionary Department in Oxford, England. Prof. Garner has received the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award in Plain Legal Language, the 2000 Scribes Book Award for Research and Writing (for Black's Law Dictionary, 7th ed.), and the 1998 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, as well as many other honors and awards.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at lawtofact@gmail.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on Facebook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.

EPISODE INFORMATION: In today's episode I interview Christopher Rathbone, a Canadian attorney who has been living and working in Tokyo for many years. Chris works with the law firm City-Yuwa Partners in Tokyo and is a Law professor at Temple University Japan Law School where he teaches a range of subjects including Legal Writing Skills with a particular focus on plain language. He also speaks on topics such as the use of plain English and the legal profession. Today our interview will focus on using plain English in legal writing. We talk about: - What 'plain English' is; - Why Chris is an advocate of plain English; - Ways to improve your legal writing; - Useful resources to use as a Legal English teacher or student. Two books which are helpful for Legal English teachers and students which Chris mentions are: 1) Bryan Garner's 'Legal Writing in Plain English': https://amzn.to/2OTIrRz 2) Bryan Garner's 'The Winning Brief': https://amzn.to/2R0KdDa Find out more about Chris here: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/about/instructors/christopher-rathbone.html LEGAL ENGLISH CLASSES: Get $10 USD in italki credits to study languages online with your first lesson purchase: http://go.italki.com/studylegalenglish *(affiliate link). PODCAST MEMBERS: For more legal English practice head over to: https://studylegalenglish.com/episode53 Sign up for membership and access online learning materials to help you become fluent in Legal English: https://studylegalenglish.com/pricing SUPPORT: Love the Podcast? Help keep it free by supporting me: https://studylegalenglish.com/support SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/legalenglisher Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/legalenglisher Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/studylegalenglish Follow on Instagram: @legalenglisher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisekulbicki/ PODCAST: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/by/podcast/the-study-legal-english-podcast/id1286739331?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6l3hxQmindsyPtPhw24E1X

Bryan Garner is a lawyer, a lexicographer, and an award-winning author of more than 20 books. He was also close friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom he wrote two books: Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges and Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. In this episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast, host Rocky Dhir interviews Garner about his path to becoming a lawyer and his infatuation with the minutia of legal writing. Garner also dives deep into stories of his close friendship with Justice Scalia and their collaboration. Bryan A. Garner is the award-winning author of more than 20 books. He’s a lexicographer, a grammarian, a lawyer, and most recently a memoirist.

Episode 08: Is it time lawyers lose the legalese? MINDSET: LESS LEGALESE, MORE TRUST On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast: • Scientific proof clients hate legalese • Why lawyers should hate legalese too • Why (as Prof Joe Kimble says) the law is no serious obstacle to writing clearly and plainly • How you can sound smarter (hint: use plain language) • 3 legalese words to banish from your contracts. Key Takeaways Steer clear of legalese. Do the work to understand your reader and write for readability to gain trust. Complex texts are difficult to read. Write clearly and simply if you can, and you’ll be more likely to be thought of as intelligent. Ask for feedback… identify complicated wordy words in your contracts and other writing and look them up on word swap lists to find Actionable Challenge Do a “find replace” on your contracts for the following words… Utilise (or utilize)… swap for… Use Subsequent… swap for…Later, next Pursuant to…swap for… By, following, under LINKS Caitlin Whiteman, ‘Why easy-to-read is easy to like – what science tells us about the remarkable benefits of simplicity’, (21 March 2016) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-easy-to-read-easy-like-what-science-tells-us-caitlin-whiteman Chistopher R Trudeau, ‘The Public Speaks: An Empirical Study of Legal Communication’ (May 20, 2012). 14 Scribes J. Leg. Writing 121 (2011-2012). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=1843415 Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage (Hardcover), Bryan Garner. See also a fun article on these ‘here-and-there’ words based on Garner’s work by Andy Mergendahl (Lawyerist, 24 May 2012) lawyerist.com/43513/legal-writing-ditch-here-and-there-words/, accessed 10 June 2017. Joseph Kimble, ‘You Think the Law Requires Legalese? (21 October 2013) retrieved via legalwritingeditor.com/2013/10/21/think-law-requires legalese/#.WS1J1Gh97b0, accessed 30 May 2017. Centre for Plain Language, ‘Law Words: 30 essays on legal words & phrases’ (1995) Retrieved via clarity-international.net/documents/law_words.pdf accessed 10 June 2017. Law Reform Commission of Victoria, ‘Plain English and the Law Report’ (1987) No 9, Appendix I Drafting manual: Guidelines for drafting in plain English Black’s Law Dictionary (2nd Pocket Edition), definition via lawyerist.com/28922/thy-legal-writing-shall-not-include-shall/, accessed 10 June 2017. Joseph Kimble, ‘What is plain language?’ (2002) Retrieved via plainlanguage.gov/whatisPL/definitions/Kimble.cfm, accessed 10 June 2017. BA Garner, ‘Learning to Loathe Legalese’ (November 2006) Retrieved via michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article1085.pdf, accessed 10 June 2017. DM Oppenheimer, ‘Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly’ Applied Cognitive Psychology, (31 October 2005) Retrieved via ucd.ie/artspgs/semantics/ConsequencesErudite.pdf, accessed on 10 June 2017. For more word swap ideas: http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/alternative.pdf Head to https://www.checklistlegal.com/podcast for show notes, resources links, and templates. Music: 'Sway this way' by @SilentPartner

To Bryan Garner, editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary, Justice Antonin Scalia was a friend, a mentor, a collaborator and a fellow lover of words. In the wake of Scalia’s death on Feb. 13, 2016, Garner reflected back over their relationship, from their first brief introduction in 1988 to the trip they took to Asia together in the last weeks of Scalia’s life. In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Garner speaks with the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles about what gave him the confidence to ask a sitting Supreme Court justice to co-author two books; the four style issues he and Scalia were never able to agree on; and what it was like to write his first memoir.

To Bryan Garner, editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary, Justice Antonin Scalia was a friend, a mentor, a collaborator and a fellow lover of words. In the wake of Scalia’s death on Feb. 13, 2016, Garner reflected back over their relationship, from their first brief introduction in 1988 to the trip they took to Asia together in the last weeks of Scalia’s life. In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Garner speaks with the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles about what gave him the confidence to ask a sitting Supreme Court justice to co-author two books; the four style issues he and Scalia were never able to agree on; and what it was like to write his first memoir.

Thelema Now host Harper Feist speaks to Frater Ashen Chassan about his new book Gateways Through Light and Shadow. This is the second book by Bryan Garner, (aka Frater Ashen Chassan) and in it we are again offered the illuminating opportunity to observe and learn from a practicing magus engaged in his Work.  To checkout Gateways, click here!

And now for something completely different. Not being up to talking again about current events, we have a great chat with David Ziff, who has bravely and beautifully written in defense of the Bluebook. Once again, we do battle over legal citation. This show’s links: David Ziff’s faculty profile (http://www.law.washington.edu/Directory/Profile.aspx?ID=735) and writing (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1883094) Politically Re-Active, Facing the Future with CNN’s Jake Tapper (https://www.politicallyreactive.com) David Ziff, The Worst System of Citation Except for All the Others (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2862090) Oral Argument 91: Baby Blue (http://oralargument.org/91) (guest Chris Sprigman) and Oral Argument 88: The Blue Line (http://oralargument.org/88) Brian Garner, The Bluebook's 20th Edition Prompts Many Musings from Bryan Garner (http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_bluebooks_20th_edition_prompts_many_musings_from_bryan_garner/) Rockwell Graphic Systems v. DEV Industries (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8375761695741205920) Special Guest: David Ziff.

On Thursday July 21st the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review two new books in the Hermetic field: "The Emerald Tablet" by Martin Faulks from Faulks Books and " Liber Spirituum" compiled and edited by Adam Forrest from Azoth Press. The Emerald Tablet is only 84 pages, and follows upon Martin's first publication "The Universal Master Key" (2013) (reviewed by the Hermetic Hour on March 26th, 2015). Martin Faulks is an ardent Bardonian and the Emerald Tablet is a commentary on that ancient document from a Bardonian perspective. Martin brilliantly analyses each paragraph or aphorism of the Tablet in relation to the Four Hermetic Elements in a process of internal alchemy and the ascent and descent of the Holy Spirit on the Middle Pillar. The second new publication is "Liber Spirituum" from Azoth Press, (251 pages hardbound) which is a compilation of articles on traditional magical evocation, invocation, and talisman making edited and introduced by Golden Dawn authority Adam Forrest. This is a beautifully bound limited edition, featuring inclusions by John Michael Greer, Chic and Tabetha Cicero, Aaron Leitch, Bryan Garner, Jeffery Kupperman, Scott Stenwick and Isadora Forrest's account of her forty day Raphael-Tiphareth retreat meditation which for me was the most inspiring and memorable aspect of the book. I was also impressed with John Michael Greer's article which reveals his own Lodge's interest in the "Nassaene document" and "From Ritual to Romance" which we have been writing and lecturing about for years. All considered Liber Spirituum is a very impressive and useful work, so if you want to learn what's new in the Hermetic universe, tune in and we'll have a look.

This week on "A Way with Words": Teaching our children, and some advice for writers. Suppose your child is eager to tackle a difficult subject--ancient Greek, for example--but you know his reach exceeds his grasp? The challenge is to support the child's curiosity without squelching it entirely. And: In just a few years, the United States will be 250 years old. But if a 200-year celebration is a "bicentennial," what do you call a 250-year anniversary? Plus, amusing typos, lay vs. lie, book-bosomed, palaver, I'm so sure!, and more.FULL DETAILSAspiring screenwriters take note: A surefire requisite for breaking into the business has, and will likely always be, a love of words—fat, buttery words, like ones the Marx Brothers writer Robert Pirosh wrote about in his 1934 letter to MGM.It's been a while since Moon Unit Zappa and the Valley Girl craze slipped out of the popular eye, which is likely why the sarcastic quip, I'm so sure! had one listener tripped up.To get your fix of amusing typos like, "Illegally parked cars will be fine," and other errors that can't be mentioned on public radio, try the book Just My Typo.When you think about it, the saying I'm as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth  makes a good deal of sense. It goes all the way back to the 18th century and Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation. All writers should heed the advice of Stephen King: "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write." Bored? Then this quiz is for you. Our Puzzle Master John Chaneski hits us with a word game where all the answers begin with "ho" or "hum."The difference between the verbs lay and lie has always been tricky to master, but Bryan Garner has some helpful tips.People who can't manage to go anywhere without a book might be afflicted with abibliophobia, or perhaps they're just book-bosomed. You're probably aware that massive is simply a slang term for great or large. But for one professional balloon artist who thought that something massive has to contain actual mass, it took some convincing for him to accept that his giant balloon sculpture could, in fact, be massive.Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to some bad end, said people in the olden days regarding transgressive women. A variation on this saying pops up in a 1911 book called Folk-Lore of Women by one Reverend Thomas Thiselton-Dyer.Mark Twain famously said that he'd never write "metropolis" for 7 cents when he could write "city" for the same fee, and it stands as good advice for writers looking to make economical word choices. Grant's 7-year-old son has gotten into Ancient Greek, of all things. While it's a joy to teach your kids interesting things, a child's eagerness to learn also poses a challenge for parents. You don't want to squelch their curiosity by forcing things too hard. Store clerks: If someone asks for a case quarter in change, it means they don't want two dimes and a nickel or five nickels. They want a single 25-cent piece. Same for a case dollar, case dime, or case nickel. The customer is asking for a single bill or coin.The term palaver, meaning an idle or prolonged discussion, comes from the old Portuguese term palavra that British sailors picked up at West African ports in the 1700s, where palaver huts are places where villagers can gather to discuss local affairs.If you're still hung up on the lay vs. lie rule, here's a poem for you.We'll be celebrating the United States' 250-year anniversary in about 12 years, and if you're looking for a neat, shiny term for the event, how about bicenquinquagenary, or perhaps sestercentennial? Why do we eat a frozen dessert to celebrate being born? Because it's sherbert-day! Don't hate us.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2015, Wayword LLC.

Bryan Garner, author, lexicographer, and subject of David Foster Wallace's essay Authority and American Usage, joins Brian to talk about their mutual love of language. Bryan also explains the fight between descriptivists and prescriptivists, how his life changed after Mr. Wallace's essay ran in Harper's Magazine and Consider the Lobster, and the story of how he brought Justice Scalia and David Foster Wallace together. In addition, Bryan discusses why he thinks Steven Pinker's new book on language "isn't very good," the definition of the term SNOOT, and how prescriptivists may have literally lost the fight on the definition of literally. Topics this week: Modern American Usage by Bryan Garner LawProse.org provider of CLE training in legal writing, editing, and drafting Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage by David Foster Wallace Authority and American Usage by David Foster Wallace Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace Millers Crossing a film by the Coen brothers Gideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White Quack This Way by Bryan Garner and David Foster Wallace The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker "Sorry. Dr. Gove ain't in." New Yorker Cartoon by Alan Dunn Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David Lipsky The Originalist a play by John Strand The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin WBUR interview with Bryan Garner and David Foster Wallace The Financier - Theodore Dreiser Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger Fearing's Restaurant in Dallas, TX with Chef Dean Fearing David Brinkley: A Memoir by David Brinkley   People this week: @BryanAGarner @SAPinker @PomonaCollege @DeanFearing Former President George W. Bush Jay-Z Brian Williams Justice Antonin Scalia Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Claremont Colleges   Email: themomentbk@gmail.com Twitter: @briankoppelman Rate us on iTunes: itunes.com/themoment   This episode of The Moment is sponsored by Quickbooks Self Employed. Visit tryselfemployed.com/moment for your free 30 day trial. And by Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer, and save up to 80 percent compared with a postage meter. Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code MOMENT. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryan Garner, author, lexicographer, and subject of David Foster Wallace’s essay Authority and American Usage, joins Brian to talk about their mutual love of language. Bryan also explains the fight between descriptivists and prescriptivists, how his life changed after Mr. Wallace’s essay ran in Harper’s Magazine and Consider the Lobster, and the story of how he brought Justice Scalia and David Foster Wallace together. In addition, Bryan discusses why he thinks Steven Pinker’s new book on language “isn’t very good,” the definition of the term SNOOT, and how prescriptivists may have literally lost the fight on the definition of literally. Topics this week: Modern American Usage by Bryan Garner LawProse.org provider of CLE training in legal writing, editing, and drafting Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage by David Foster Wallace Authority and American Usage by David Foster Wallace Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace Millers Crossing a film by the Coen brothers Gideon’s Trumpet by Anthony Lewis The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White Quack This Way by Bryan Garner and David Foster Wallace The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker “Sorry. Dr. Gove ain’t in.” New Yorker Cartoon by Alan Dunn Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David Lipsky The Originalist a play by John Strand The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin WBUR interview with Bryan Garner and David Foster Wallace The Financier – Theodore Dreiser Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger Fearing’s Restaurant in Dallas, TX with Chef Dean Fearing David Brinkley: A Memoir by David Brinkley   People this week: @BryanAGarner @SAPinker @PomonaCollege @DeanFearing Former President George W. Bush Jay-Z Brian Williams Justice Antonin Scalia Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Claremont Colleges   Email: themomentbk@gmail.com Twitter: @briankoppelman Rate us on iTunes: itunes.com/themoment   This episode of The Moment is sponsored by Quickbooks Self Employed. Visit tryselfemployed.com/moment for your free 30 day trial. And by Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage using your own computer and printer, and save up to 80 percent compared with a postage meter. Sign up for a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code MOMENT.

This week on "A Way with Words": Teaching our children, and some advice for writers. Suppose your child is eager to tackle a difficult subject--ancient Greek, for example--but you know his reach exceeds his grasp? The challenge is to support the child's curiosity without squelching it entirely. And: In just a few years, the United States will be 250 years old. But if a 200-year celebration is a "bicentennial," what do you call a 250-year anniversary? Plus, amusing typos, lay vs. lie, book-bosomed, palaver, I'm so sure!, and more.FULL DETAILSAspiring screenwriters take note: A surefire requisite for breaking into the business has, and will likely always be, a love of words—fat, buttery words, like ones the Marx Brothers writer Robert Pirosh wrote about in his 1934 letter to MGM.It's been a while since Moon Unit Zappa and the Valley Girl craze slipped out of the popular eye, which is likely why the sarcastic quip, I'm so sure! had one listener tripped up.To get your fix of amusing typos like, "Illegally parked cars will be fine," and other errors that can't be mentioned on public radio, try the book Just My Typo.When you think about it, the saying I'm as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth  makes a good deal of sense. It goes all the way back to the 18th century and Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation. All writers should heed the advice of Stephen King: "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write." Bored? Then this quiz is for you. Our Puzzle Master John Chaneski hits us with a word game where all the answers begin with "ho" or "hum."The difference between the verbs lay and lie has always been tricky to master, but Bryan Garner has some helpful tips.People who can't manage to go anywhere without a book might be afflicted with abibliophobia, or perhaps they're just book-bosomed. You're probably aware that massive is simply a slang term for great or large. But for one professional balloon artist who thought that something massive has to contain actual mass, it took some convincing for him to accept that his giant balloon sculpture could, in fact, be massive.Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to some bad end, said people in the olden days regarding transgressive women. A variation on this saying pops up in a 1911 book called Folk-Lore of Women by one Reverend Thomas Thiselton-Dyer.Mark Twain famously said that he'd never write "metropolis" for 7 cents when he could write "city" for the same fee, and it stands as good advice for writers looking to make economical word choices. Grant's 7-year-old son has gotten into Ancient Greek, of all things. While it's a joy to teach your kids interesting things, a child's eagerness to learn also poses a challenge for parents. You don't want to squelch their curiosity by forcing things too hard. Store clerks: If someone asks for a case quarter in change, it means they don't want two dimes and a nickel or five nickels. They want a single 25-cent piece. Same for a case dollar, case dime, or case nickel. The customer is asking for a single bill or coin.The term palaver, meaning an idle or prolonged discussion, comes from the old Portuguese term palavra that British sailors picked up at West African ports in the 1700s, where palaver huts are places where villagers can gather to discuss local affairs.If you're still hung up on the lay vs. lie rule, here's a poem for you.We'll be celebrating the United States' 250-year anniversary in about 12 years, and if you're looking for a neat, shiny term for the event, how about bicenquinquagenary, or perhaps sestercentennial? Why do we eat a frozen dessert to celebrate being born? Because it's sherbert-day! Don't hate us.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words comes from The Ken Blanchard Companies, celebrating 35 years of making a leadership difference with Situational Leadership II, the leadership model designed to boost effectiveness, impact, and employee engagement. More about how Blanchard can help your executives and organizational leaders at kenblanchard.com/leadership.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2014, Wayword LLC.

Due out this week is the 10th edition of Black's Law Dictionary. With 16,000 new definitions, 900 new maxims, and terms dated back to their first English usage, Black's Law Dictionary 10th Edition is touted to be the most comprehensive and relevant collection of legal terminology to date. But what goes into making this legal reference and how does it stay relevant in today's world? On this episode of Lawyer 2 Lawyer, hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams interview Black's Law Dictionary's editor-in-chief Professor Bryan A. Garner. Together they discuss the army of 300 professionals and scholars who deciphered true meanings from historic documents, ancient language, and modern usage. Tune in to hear Garner describe what goes into updating Black's and why he believes attorneys will continue to use it for generations to come. Bryan A. Garner is a U.S. lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written several books about English usage and style, including Garner's Modern American Usage and Elements of Legal Style. He has served as editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary since 1995, and coauthored two books with Justice Antonin Scalia: Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, and Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. Professor Garner is a prolific lecturer, having taught more than 2,500 writing workshops since the 1991 founding of his company, LawProse, Inc., and he is a distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

You're in a business meeting. Is it bad manners to take out phone to send or read a text? A new study suggests that how you feel about mid-meeting texting differs depending on your age and sex. Grant and Martha offer book recommendations for readers and writers on your gift list. And why do people from Boston sound the way they do? Plus, how translators translate, sky vs. skies, caboose vs. crummy, gentleman cows, orey-eyed, and an entire rap song without the letter E.FULL DETAILSA new study finds that 20-somethings think it's okay to text and read emails during meetings, and men are more likely than women to approve.Orey-eyed, meaning "enraged," comes from the Scots language. Orey dates at least as far back as the 1700s, and has meant many different things, including "drunk," A TV meterologist in Morehead, Minnesota wonders about the word sky. Is it incorrect to use it in the plural? We often refer to the skies over a large area, as in the skies over Kansas.This week's quiz from John Chaneski is a fill-in-the-blank game.How do translators of literature decide which words to use? B.J. Epstein, a Chicago native now living in the UK, is a translator with an excellent blog on the subject called Brave New Words.You think you look sexy saying Cheese! as a photographer snaps away? Better yet, try cooing Prunes!Train conductors sometimes refer to the caboose as the crummy. The name may derive from the idea of crew workers leaving crumbs and other garbage all over the back of that last care. Gandy dancers are railroad maintenance workers whose synchronized movements while straightening tracks resemble dancing.E.B. White knew a thing or two about artfully declining an invitation.The word doppich means "clumsy or awkward" is used primarily in Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvannia, and goes back to a German word for the same. Another handy word with Pennsylvania Dutch roots: grex, also spelled krex, meaning "to complain." Speaking of the language of that area, Grant can't wait to get his hands on Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels. For this year's holiday book recommendations, Grant goes with his son's current favorite, Valley Cats by Gretchen Preston, while Martha enthusiastically recommends Quack This Way, a transcribed conversation about writing and language between Bryan Garner and David Foster Wallace.The stereotypical Boston accent is non-rhotic, meaning it drops the "r" sound. Before World War II, such lack of rhoticity was considered prestigious and was taught to film and radio actors to help them sound sophisticated.Is it okay to use the term hospitalized? A journalist says a professor taught him never to use the term because it's unspecific and reflects laziness on the part of the writer.Andrew Huang of Songs To Wear Pants To has met his listeners' challenge and written a rap song without the letter "E."A caller from Amherst, Massachusetts, says that her grandmother, born in 1869, never called a bull a bull, but instead simply called it the animal. This kind of euphemism, along with gentleman cow, supposedly helped avoid the delicate topic of the bull's role in breeding. This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2013, Wayword LLC.

Should youngsters learn cursive handwriting in school? Plus, someone can be ruthless, but can that same person be ruthful? Which word refers to something larger, humongous or gargantuan? Also, funny newspaper corrections, a crossword quiz, Texas idioms, and new version of “Three Blind Mice” with an upgraded vocabulary.FULL DETAILSEven the best newspaper reporters make mistakes. Here's an unfortunately funny correction about the My Little Pony character a young woman thinks about to cheer herself up. Another correction from the Centralia Morning Sentinel notes that a member of a Christian rock band was on, um, drums, not drugs. What do you call that moment when you try to walk past someone on the sidewalk, but you both move in the same direction? Perhaps slidewalking, doing the sidewalk boogie, or stranger dancing? Martha votes for polkadodge.In the military, a certain kind of duct tape is known as hundred-mile-per-hour tape because it can withstand 100-mph speeds.Someone can be ruthless, but can that person be ruthful? Ruthful is indeed a word that derives from an old definition of ruth meaning “the quality of being compassionate.” But unpaired negatives, like ruthless, unkempt, uncouth, or disgruntled, are common words that lack positive correlatives in common speech.A middle-school librarian caught the Arkansas Democrat Gazette messing up the title of the second book in the Hunger Games series. The newspaper then issued an abject apology.Quiz Guy John Chaneski has lifted some tricky puns from New York Times crossword puzzles for this word game. What's “a green org,” in three letters? How about a three-letter answer for “peas keeper”? It seems there's a sesquipedalian version to the classic "Three Blind Mice" about a trio of rodents with impaired vision. Need a visual yourself? Try this one.Should educators continue to teach cursive writing in school? For the sake of learning to read old documents and honing their hand-eye skills, many say “yes.” Most current teaching standards, however, require only keyboard training, not longhand.Owe somebody money? How about you charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it? This is a useful idiom for friendly transactions where no payment is necessary.It ain't no hill for a stepper like you is a popular idiom in the South meaning someone can finish the task at hand. Metaphorically, it means that you're a fine horse that would have no problem stepping over that particular obstacle.In the Army, a battle buddy is someone assigned to be your constant companion, and it's often shortened to just “battle.” Other words, like Upstate and cell, as in a mobile phone, have dropped the nouns they modified.Which word is larger, humongous or gargantuan? Which refers to something larger? Grant and Martha agree with usage expert Bryan Garner that the word gargantuan is the larger of the two. A correction in London's Daily Mail notes that a Mr. Smith testified in court that he had “a dull life,” not “a dull wife.” Oops.In Jamaica, the youngest child is commonly known as the wash-belly. In addition to being the youngest, the term can also connote that the wash-belly is lazy and spoiled. Frederic Cassidy traces this and other terms in his Dictionary of Jamaican English and Jamaica Talk.Craig Silverman's book Regret the Error contains a maze of a correction that simply corrects an incorrect correction. You can also follow more recent collections of corrections on his blog at the Poynter Institute.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words also comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.And from The Ken Blanchard Companies, whose purpose is to make a leadership difference among executives, managers, and individuals in organizations everywhere. More about Ken Blanchard's leadership training programs at kenblanchard.com/leadership.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2012, Wayword LLC.

Bryan Garner, editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary and author of the "HBR Guide to Better Business Writing."

Should youngsters learn cursive handwriting in school? Plus, someone can be ruthless, but can that same person be ruthful? Which word refers to something larger, humongous or gargantuan? Also, funny newspaper corrections, a crossword quiz, Texas idioms, and new version of “Three Blind Mice” with an upgraded vocabulary.FULL DETAILSEven the best newspaper reporters make mistakes. Here's an unfortunately funny correction about the My Little Pony character a young woman thinks about to cheer herself up. Another correction from the Centralia Morning Sentinel notes that a member of a Christian rock band was on, um, drums, not drugs. What do you call that moment when you try to walk past someone on the sidewalk, but you both move in the same direction? Perhaps slidewalking, doing the sidewalk boogie, or stranger dancing? Martha votes for polkadodge.In the military, a certain kind of duct tape is known as hundred-mile-per-hour tape because it can withstand 100-mph speeds.Someone can be ruthless, but can that person be ruthful? Ruthful is indeed a word that derives from an old definition of ruth meaning “the quality of being compassionate.” But unpaired negatives, like ruthless, unkempt, uncouth, or disgruntled, are common words that lack positive correlatives in common speech.A middle-school librarian caught the Arkansas Democrat Gazette messing up the title of the second book in the Hunger Games series. The newspaper then issued an abject apology.Quiz Guy John Chaneski has lifted some tricky puns from New York Times crossword puzzles for this word game. What's “a green org,” in three letters? How about a three-letter answer for “peas keeper”? It seems there's a sesquipedalian version to the classic "Three Blind Mice" about a trio of rodents with impaired vision. Need a visual yourself? Try this one.Should educators continue to teach cursive writing in school? For the sake of learning to read old documents and honing their hand-eye skills, many say “yes.” Most current teaching standards, however, require only keyboard training, not longhand.Owe somebody money? How about you charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it? This is a useful idiom for friendly transactions where no payment is necessary.It ain't no hill for a stepper like you is a popular idiom in the South meaning someone can finish the task at hand. Metaphorically, it means that you're a fine horse that would have no problem stepping over that particular obstacle.In the Army, a battle buddy is someone assigned to be your constant companion, and it's often shortened to just “battle.” Other words, like Upstate and cell, as in a mobile phone, have dropped the nouns they modified.Which word is larger, humongous or gargantuan? Which refers to something larger? Grant and Martha agree with usage expert Bryan Garner that the word gargantuan is the larger of the two. A correction in London's Daily Mail notes that a Mr. Smith testified in court that he had “a dull life,” not “a dull wife.” Oops.In Jamaica, the youngest child is commonly known as the wash-belly. In addition to being the youngest, the term can also connote that the wash-belly is lazy and spoiled. Frederic Cassidy traces this and other terms in his Dictionary of Jamaican English and Jamaica Talk.Craig Silverman's book Regret the Error contains a maze of a correction that simply corrects an incorrect correction. You can also follow more recent collections of corrections on his blog at the Poynter Institute.....Support for A Way with Words also comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.We're also grateful for support from the University of San Diego. Since 1949, USD has been on a mission not only to prepare students for the world, but also to change it. Learn more about the college and five schools of this nationally ranked, independent Catholic university at http://sandiego.edu.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2012, Wayword LLC.

What's the right way to pronounce 'gyros'? Have you ever heard of feeling 'poozley'? Called something great a 'blinger'? Use the expression 'one-off' to mean a 'one-time thing'?Grant and Martha recommend dictionaries for college students, both online references and the old-fashioned kind to keep at one's elbow.If you get hold of some bad sushi for lunch, you'll wind up feeling poozley. A caller whose in-laws use 'poozley' insists they must have made it up.A Texas family has a dispute with a prospective in-law who happens to be a chef. Is their favorite spicy chocolate cake properly known as a 'sheath cake' or a 'sheet cake'?One place where spelling really counts: on a job application. Martha shares some painfully funny proof.Quiz Guy Greg Pliska shares a 'puzzle in verse,' challenging the hosts to fill in the blanks with words that differ by just one letter. Like this: 'I never count ___ when Iâm going to ___; that method does not work for me. Right around fiveâs when I burst into hives: Iâm allergic to wool, donât you see?'In medical terminology, the abbreviation 'GTTS' means 'drops' or 'drips.' But why?The hosts debate the right way to pronounce the name of that meaty Greek sandwiches known as 'gyros.' Is it JEE-roh? JYE-roh? YEE-roh? Something more Greek-sounding? Martha says her recent trip to Barcelona brought to mind a listener's question about whether the word 'gaudy' has anything to do with the name of the great Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi. A woman who grew up in Detroit remembers her mother saying, 'This one's going to be a real blinger!' whenever a big storm was coming. What exactly is a blinger? A 'one-off' is something that is done or made or occurs just once. A Washington State caller who's curious about the term learns that it derives from manufacturing lingo.The third edition of Bryan Garner's book, 'Modern American Usage' is now out. Grant explains why it's a wonderful reference to consult, even when you disagree with it.An ophthalmologist in Arcata, California, is puzzled by the way some of his older patients refer to 'a single lens.' Several of them call it a len, not a lens. This gives the hosts a chance to focus on what linguists call back-formations.--Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2010, Wayword LLC.