Publishing lingo explained

Get tips on building a proofreading toolkit - the tools, checklists and techniques that support consistency and accuracy.Listen to find out more aboutWhy a toolkit mattersCore proofreading toolsChecklists – your secret weaponProofreading techniquesCombining tools, checklists, and ...  Show more

Learn about managing your files and folders containing editing and proofreading work.Listen to find out more aboutWhy file management mattersSetting up a logical folder systemNaming files like a proSensible version control that won’t drive you bonkersBacking up your workCloud sto ...  Show more

When writing textbooks about slavery, which words best reflect its cold, hard reality? Some historians are dropping the word slave in favor of terms like enslaved person and captive, arguing that these terms are more accurate. And raising a bilingual child is tough enough, but wh ...  Show more

1045. A listener asked if the song "The Wizard and I" should actually be "The Wizard and Me," so we look at how you can tell. And then we look at interesting idioms about familiar places: "neck of the woods," "stomping grounds," and "haunts."The "neck of the woods" segment was wr ...  Show more

From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we commun ...  Show more

971. Linguists have traced modern languages like English and Sanskrit back thousands of years to a single Proto-Indo-European source. This week, we explore their detective work and the debates around the origins of the ancestral tongue.This piece was written by Kurt Kleiner, a fr ...  Show more