Every region has its own slang, and the Midwest is a fascinating example, with odes to European heritage and polite verbal ...

ouston, at least when it comes to its street names, has never been one for consistency. The city’s streets get their names from Spanish, French, German, old Texas families and whatever a developer ...

The Chicago Manual of Style is an American English style guide published by the University of Chicago Press. The Manual’s guidelines for publishing, style and usage, and citations and indexes—known as ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...