1464-Kicked-Over-The-Traces by A Way with Words

The word traces denotes the long, thin leather straps that secure a horse to a wagon. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2jQ4XOJ

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1464-Intro-Preposition-Pileups by A Way with Words

Sometimes English grammar means that prepositions and adverbs pile up in funny ways. Take, for example, “It’s really coming down up here” or “Turn left right here.” http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2kHiEPi

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1464-Lex-Bag-Words-Have-Power by A Way with Words

The Humans of New York series of portraits and quotations includes one subject’s wise observation about how a single offhand remark can change a life. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lcGmzT

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1464-Psychic-Disequilibrium by A Way with Words

Poet Adrienne Rich wrote powerfully of the “psychic disequilibrium” that occurs when people don’t see their own identities reflected in the language of others, “as if you looked in the mirror and saw nothing.” http://waywordradio. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2kw4Tkc

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