by Ty Davison | Jun 20, 2020 | News & Commentary
The term justice needs no modifier. Indeed if you give it one, that’s no longer what it is. Following on the heels of statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson being torn down, now vandals have toppled a statue of Union General Ulysses S....
by Ty Davison | Jun 18, 2020 | News & Commentary
Stereotype | Definition of Stereotype by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Stereotype: Noun. 1. A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. 1.1 A person or thing that conforms to a stereotypical...
by Ty Davison | Aug 26, 2019 | Essays
Several years ago we crossed the lexicographic Rubicon as Merriam-Webster gave literally the same definition as figuratively. Outrage by language purists understandably followed. Responses from pundits to Merriam-Webster’s pronouncement were, uh,...
by Ty Davison | Oct 20, 2017 | News & Commentary
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/10/03/university-of-michigan-pronouns/I support the desire of people to be called what they want, which is why names exist. As long as your chosen name is inoffensive, I may think you weird, but I’m going to use it. I am not at all...
by Ty Davison | Jan 22, 2017 | News & Commentary
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/french-people-translate-donald-trump-us-president-language-speech-a7539461.htmlAn example of why translators struggle with Trump’s word salads:Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and...
