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Tuesday December 20, 2011

Just Sayin': Not

Posted by Vanessa Vander Valk

wayne's.jpgOur guide to our changing language, Christine McLean, has a look at the contemporary use of the word "not".

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Tuesday December 6, 2011

Just Sayin': Ish

Posted by Vanessa Vander Valk

If you want to qualify your answer, you might say kind of, or sort of...or you might simply add ish. Christine McLean is fascinated by our changing language and today she looks at the way those three little letters are used.

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Tuesday November 22, 2011

Just Sayin': My Bad

Posted by Vanessa Vander Valk

If there's one thing many of us have a hard time saying, it's, "I'm sorry". But there's another way to make an apology. Our slang slinger, Christine McLean, takes a look at the origin of the phrase "My Bad."

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