Chief Correspondent for CBC News Peter Mansbridge discussed The Story of Ain’t on his news blog, recalling that in 1970s…
What Ed Batistella said
Ed Battistella, University of Oregon professor and author of Do You Make These Mistakes in English?: The Story of Sherwin…
The Story of Ain’t on Grammar Girl
Ever have the feeling that words should come with warning labels? In most dictionaries, they do.
What Joseph Epstein Said
“In The Story of Ain’t, David Skinner . . . has chronicled the making of W3 and the rocky reception that greeted it upon its entrance…
New York Times on The Story of Ain’t
Janet Maslin writes: “When it comes to the central conflict between [Dwight] Macdonald and Philip Gove, the editor most responsible for setting…
New York Journal of Books on Ain’t
Diane Brandley writes, “Mr. Skinner weaves a true tale fascinating not just to linguists and lexicographers, but to anyone interested in…
Story of Ain’t Huffington Post Slide Show
I wrote up a slide show of favorite weird and controversial terms from The Story of Ain’t for HuffPo: Through…
Boston Globe on Story of Ain’t
Lovely review of The Story of Ain’t in the Boston Globe Saturday paper: “In this highly entertaining, thoughtful new book,…
Wall Street Journal on Story of Ain’t
James Kelly of Vanity Fair wrote a lovely review: “Mr. Skinner does a fine job detailing the controversy that greeted…
What Geoffrey Nunberg said
“Was it the first modern dictionary or the last traditional one? One way or the other, the flap over the…
