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Karen Virag

Gettable Grammar: Taking Issue with “Issues”

July 11, 2013 by Karen Virag | 4 Comments on Gettable Grammar: Taking Issue with “Issues”

Gettable Grammar is a monthly series of conjectures, opinions and postulates by Karen Virag. I think I remember the first time I heard the word issues used as a synonym for problems. I was watching a long-forgotten television sitcom, and one character commented on another’s weird behaviour by saying, “She has issues.” She overenunciated the […]

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Wasted Words: A World Without Problems

June 11, 2013 by Wilf Popoff | 1 Comment on Wasted Words: A World Without Problems

Wasted Words is a series of musings on language and usage by editor emeritus Wilf Popoff. “Houston we have a challenge!” “This is Houston Apollo. What do you mean by challenge?” “A power drop in one of the two main electrical circuits.” “That’s a problem Apollo. Can’t copy challenge.” I’ve altered parts of this celebrated […]

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