In a word: Of tongues, sardine-eating cats and tricky spellings

In a Word: U.S. politics and colorful words go way back

In a word: No lie — our growing vocabulary for truthiness

In a Word: Those odd keyboard symbols & more

In a Word: Mainers’ distinct accent (is that you Tom Bosley?)

In a Word: Giving voice to the often-necessary vowel

In a Word: Watch your saucy language . . . or not

In a Word: Let’s pause and consider the comma

In a Word: Epigrams: short, sweet and often humorous

"It ain't braggin' if you can back it up." — Muhammad Ali

In a word: The apostrophe — don’t get me started