Language and how we use it.

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• Who Checks the Spell-Checkers? Microsoft Word's dictionary is old and outdated. Here's how to fix it.
  Chris Wilson Dec. 31, 2008
  
• Czar Wars How did a term for Russian royalty work its way into American government?
  Ben Zimmer Dec. 29, 2008
  
• Epic Win Goodbye, schadenfreude; hello, fail.
  Christopher Beam Oct. 15, 2008
  
• Diagramming Sarah Can Palin's sentences stand up to a grammarian?
  Kitty Burns Florey Oct. 1, 2008
  
• What Kind of Accent Does Sarah Palin Have? Wasillan, actually.
  Jesse Sheidlower Oct. 1, 2008
  
• Speechwriter for a Day The best antimetabole submissions from Slate's reader contest.
  Juliet Lapidos Sept. 12, 2008
  
• The Hottest Rhetorical Device of Campaign '08 Ask not what antimetabole can do for you—ask what you can do for antimetabole.
  Juliet Lapidos Sept. 5, 2008
  
• A History of Pimping What the word meant and what it means now.
  Jesse Sheidlower Feb. 12, 2008