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A Wordlady correspondent has asked about the pronunciation of "divisive". He pronounces it "di VICE iv", and the "d...

As I mentioned last week, as a result of my CBC interview about Stuart McLean's pronunciations of "schedule" and "raspbe...

First of all, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to the over a hundred new subscribers to Wordlady who heard me on the CBC last we...

I will be offering my very popular history of the English language course this fall at Carleton University's Learning in Retirement Pro...

Here I am on The Vinyl Cafe (first 15 minutes) talking about the pronunciation of "schedule" and "raspberry", among oth...

Forests are burning across Western Canada. They do this every summer (we have a heck of a lot of forest), so every year we hear a lot abou...

As is always the case at Chateau Wordlady at this time of year, all is well in my cosmos. That is, the part of my cosmos represented by my...