Writing by Topic: Language
On the Vault
- “The Funny Found Poetry of Early-20th-Century Typeface Demos” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, May 18, 2015)
- “‘U Tr?’: A Glossary of Abbreviations Used by Early-20th-Century Telegraph Operators” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, May 11, 2015)
- “Brigham Young’s Short-Lived, Experimental Mormon Alphabet” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, July 21, 2014)
- “The Rum Jar, the Flying Pig, and the Ypres Express: WWI Slang for Germany’s Terrifying Munitions” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, May 6, 2014)
- “Some Everyday Words That Meant Really Different Things to Early American Colonists” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, January 10, 2014)
- “Learn Cherokee Words for ‘Dog,’ ‘Harp,’ ‘Star,’ and More, Using An 1888 Primer” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, November 25, 2013)
- “Some Choice Bits of Slang From American Soldiers Serving in WWII” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, November 11, 2013)
- “Some Excellent Mid-19th-Century Criminal Slang That’s Ripe For Revival” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, October 22, 2013)
- “How Literate Are You by 1918 Standards? Take This Oddly Poetic Test” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, September 24, 2013)
- “How That Nineteenth-Century Handwriting Got So Pretty” (Slate‘s The Vault blog, May 17, 2013)
Everywhere Else
- “The Awful Emptiness of ‘Relatable'” (Slate‘s Lexicon Valley blog, April 11, 2014)