Rabbit Holes R Us
Lingua Franca 2018-09-12
Summary:
Norman Mailer: didn’t like “browned off.” Photo by Carl Van Vechten
As I’ve mentioned previously in this space, I write a blog called Not One-Off Britishisms, about British words, expressions, pronunciations — from advert and a proper to yoghurt and zed — that have made their way into American English. When I started the venture, I thought it would last maybe a year. Well it’s now nearly eight years on, I’ve written more than 500 entries and had more than two-million page views, and new NOOBs, a...