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The Eclectic Encyclopedia of English by Nathan Bierma collects the best of "On Language" from the Chicago Tribune.

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'On Language' in the Chicago Tribune

My "On Language" column appeared in the Chicago Tribune from 2004-2008. It covered etymology, neologisms, linguistics, grammar, jargon, slang, accents, translation, multilingualism, language acquisition, phonetics, and other observations about the oddities of language.

A collection of these columns, The Eclectic Encyclopedia of English, was published in 2009.

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