By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: we Americans love efficiency. We also become enamored with novelty — new things
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Getting properly possessive
By Curtis Honeycutt John Lennon famously got in trouble in August 1966 when an interview from March of the same year dug up a single
Is ‘gotten’ rotten?
By Curtis Honeycutt Can something sound wrong, but actually be right? Take, for instance, French fries dipped in a Wendy’s Frosty. This combination shouldn’t be
Don’t get so upset about the setup
By Curtis Honeycutt I don’t attend many movies with groups anymore. Part of that is a life stage issue — most of my friends are
What happened to ‘to be’? A Midwestern rebel against Shakespeare
By Curtis Honeycutt The following is a scenario based on real events. Any names have been changed to avoid embarrassment and grammar-shaming. My friend, Ann,
Are children raised or reared?
By Curtis Honeycutt Cliff from Wilmington points out how I wrote recently that I was “raised in Oklahoma.” First of all, thanks for not making
The invisible letter lurking at the end of the grocery store
By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve lived in Indiana for 12 years now, and, prior to that, I was born and raised in Oklahoma. In both places,
Should vibrations: An ode to American language efficiency
By Curtis Honeycutt Americans like being the best at things. We’re the best at baseball, jazz, freedom, national parks — pretty much anything Ken Burns
It’s all well and good — until it’s not
By Curtis Honeycutt According to G.K. Chesterton, “The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a
An apostrophe-free farmers market
By Curtis Honeycutt I love this time of year for many reasons, but perhaps my favorite thing about early summer is the farmers market. I