John McPhee gives the known false etymology of “posh” with a lame caveat on the latest New Yorker. http://t.co/w9bTEfq9X8 @NewYorker

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• In which John Mulaney and I gang up on his mom about the pronunciation of “gerrymander.” @mulaney https://t.co/QvKcdOghq5
• In which John Mulaney and I gang up on his mom about the pronunciation of “gerrymander.” @mulaney https://t.co/QvKcdOghq5
• About to sit with the crowd at Book Catapult for a reading by my friend Julia Evans from her book “How to Set Yourself on Fire.” https://ift.tt/2IGhiNL
• We ginned up another episode of the radio show: “both” pronounced as “bolth,” “street” pronounced as “shtreet,” and tons more. https://t.co/JzpxtfhTKG
• The latest episode of the radio show: https://t.co/vMhdHFNBil Left-turn laggers, redskin, cunnin, far out, honey hole, honte, buyed vs. bought, a word game, and more.

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