Barbara Wallraff

And other authors have occasionally compiled anthologies, such as Barbara Wallraff's Fugitive Words.

On needed words DC 2010

"You and I can be our own lexicographers now," says Barbara Wallraff, the longtime language columnist for The Atlantic magazine.

Are Dictionaries Becoming Obsolete? 2009

Perhaps most horrifying of all, the translator shows no awareness of the difference between "lose" and "loose"--Barbara Wallraff wrote about this problem in this month's Atlantic, though the relevant part of the column is accessible only to subscribers.

Archive 2005-08-01 Jenny Davidson 2005

Perhaps most horrifying of all, the translator shows no awareness of the difference between "lose" and "loose"--Barbara Wallraff wrote about this problem in this month's Atlantic, though the relevant part of the column is accessible only to subscribers.

European police procedurals Jenny Davidson 2005

Mandarin might win; Barbara Wallraff of The Atlantic Monthly devoted a lengthy 2001 story to the idea that Mandarin will best English in the struggle to be the global tongue.

Speak English. Ann Althouse 2005

This is a wonderful comment by Barbara Wallraff, and describes exactly my feelings about copy-editing hmm... let me clarify... not about when my prose gets copy-edited by someone else, but when I'm the copy-editor!

Archive 2004-08-01 Jenny Davidson 2004

This is a wonderful comment by Barbara Wallraff, and describes exactly my feelings about copy-editing hmm... let me clarify... not about when my prose gets copy-edited by someone else, but when I'm the copy-editor!

Identity Theory interviews Barbara Wallraff Jenny Davidson 2004

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Identity Theory interviews Barbara Wallraff Jenny Davidson 2004

Writer and NPR guest Barbara Wallraff thinks so, giving approving notice to a "certain zen-like quality" about such famous maxims from the book as

The Chicago Blog 2009

Writer and NPR guest Barbara Wallraff thinks so, giving approving notice to a "certain zen-like quality" about such famous maxims from the book as

The Chicago Blog 2009