Friday, September 24, 2010

Mixing Up Words


"Norm Crosby Syndrome" by Lynn Snowden Pickett, from the book "What Was I Thinking? 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories" edited by Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman.

Do you mix-up, mispronounce or mangle words, too? The editors of the American Heritage dictionaries can help. They’ve put out guides like “100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up Or Mangles,” “100 Words Almost Everyone Mispronounces” and “100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses And Misuses.” Steve Kleinedler is one of the editors.
Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 9/23/10
Host: Robin Young.


A film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante that accompanied Radiolab's Words episode, with an original score by Keith Kenniff... More on him below.

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