John McWhorter
@JohnHMcWhorter
Columbia linguist, weekly at NYT, biweekly Glenn Show. Books of late: 9 NASTY WORDS, WOKE RACISM and PRONOUN TROUBLE. Some cabaret piano on the side.
Joined March 2013
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Language is all about piling it on from generation to generation. It's what lots of slang is based on, it's why we say "bye bye," it's how the word "yes" happened, it's the excessive exclamation points. It's even "yessireeBob"!
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