Episode 20: What’s on the Menu? (Part 1)

This week we go back to the beginnings of the Common Errors in English Usage site as we talk about menu and other food-related terms prone to getting misspelled, mispronounced, and other faux pas (yes—there’s a little French in there, too).

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Links:
The Argyle Sweater
Palin’s Rhetoric Is an Enchanted, Perplexing Fever Dream and We Love It,
by Katy Waldman (speaking about “word salad”)
Dan Quayle’s ‘Potatoe’ Incident – 1992

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