Mignon FogartyMar 6

Some people call these the same thing, and other people have different names for them — and it can depend on where you live!

That's just one of the cool things you'll learn this week from my chat with Joan Houston Hall, former editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English (often called DARE).

WATCH: https://youtu.be/F6dYztdHnG8?si=fbziIA7D-tXJBrwQ

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1165/transcript

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

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(I call them both a spatula.)

Show threadCurmudgeon

@grammargirl

If those are both spatulas, then what is this?

Mar 6 at 9:04pmWeb
Show threadJonas  Mar 6
@jetton @grammargirl That's a snuff spoon. And a chic one if I may say so.
Show threadCurmudgeonMar 6

@Jonas @grammargirl

I assure you that you would not want to insufflate any of the powders I've measured out using such spatulas.