Category Archives: pedantry

  1. Interrobangs, Pedantry, and Rascism

    Leave a comment

    April 23, 2022 by libroshombre

                American writer H.L. Mencken’s word-smithing, the courage of his convictions, and his pioneering work on our version of English, …
    Continue reading

    Category: eugenics, intelligence, Intelligence Quotiant, librarians, library school, pedantry, punctuation, reading, reference books, reference librarians | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Pecans, Emus, and Vertebrae

    Leave a comment

    April 22, 2021 by libroshombre

                You’d think after three decades in Alaska my hackles wouldn’t still rise when someone pronounces “pecan” as if they’re …
    Continue reading

    Category: accents, pedantry, pronunciation | Tags: , ,

Archives