If you have not seen much from me on this site, it is due to the fact that I have moved most of my professional work to my partnership with the Great Philip Morgan. Together, we are The Word Lions. I will still sometimes blog here, and am happy to talk to you directly about […]
Real, Fun, Works Writing with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. In a volunteer effort with the American Marketing Association Community Outreach Program, I just finished up this project with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance to introduce their walking and biking safety curriculum to the world. The AMA and BTA assembled a pretty cool team. Seems that every […]
I hate word pollution. I feel angry when the public is subjected to poor phrases that are catchy and torturous to the mind. Do the Dew. <shiver> There is one that I hate perhaps above all others. Not that it was particularly bad at first. Somewhat clever and well connected to the product. Posing a […]
Modern language is moving pretty fast. A new product (FaceBook) becomes a verb (FaceBooking) before the Modern Language Association has an opportunity to write a well worded memo. Sometimes, these organic language shifts are fun. People create “fanboy” by quite naturally combining fan and boy to quite appropriately describe certain pop culture enthusiasts. However, when […]