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Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on cultures that are missing words. The Oxford dictionary of quotations published its list of the top sayings of 2002. George W. Bush was quoted as saying to Tony Blair, "The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur." The British Prime minister denied that Bush said it, but the story is plausible because people are always saying similar things about other cultures.

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the stylistic differences between writers on the political left and right.

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the way politicians and journalists are pronouncing place names associated with the war on Iraq.

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the word "appeasement," which is being used in the debate about the war in Iraq. The word doesn't have favorable connotations.

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg comments on the increased usage of the adjective "gallic." He says it's like a shorthand for "the French are at it again."

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Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the phrase “class-warfare.”

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