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Episode 29: A Grammar Day Celebration
In honor of National Grammar Day, That Word Chat with Editor Mark Allen celebrates the befuddling, ever-changing, varied grammars of the English language. We'll talk about our geeky love of our language with Martha Brockenbrough, creator of National Grammar Day. We'll also welcome special guest Mignon Fogarty, host of National Grammar Day and creator of the Grammar Girl podcasts. Andy Hollandbeck, winner of the 2020 ACES National Grammar Day Tweeted Poetry Contest, will join us to read some of his grammar-related compositions.
That Word Chat is at 4:30 p.m. EST (9:30 p.m. UTC) on Tuesday, March 2 (two days before National Grammar Day). Sign up below for the Zoom meeting link.
Clockwise from above: Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty, author Martha Brockenbrough, and Andy Hollandbeck, managing editor at the Saturday Evening Post.
Past episodes
Episodes below in green link to the recorded shows posted to YouTube.
2020
Episode 1 (April 7): Mary Norris
Episode 2 (April 14): Steve Kleinedler and Kory Stamper
Episode 3 (April 21): Roy Peter Clark
Episode 4 (April 28): Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Episode 5 (May 5): Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson
Episode 6 (May 12): David Crystal
Episode 7 (May 19) Ammon Shea and Peter Sokolowski
Episode 8 (May 26) Lynne Murphy
Episode 10 (June 16): Mignon Fogarty
Episode 11 (June 23): Jesse Sheidlower with special guest Colleen Newvine
Episode 12 (June 30): Jane Friedman
Episode 13 (July 14): Stan Carey and James Harbeck of Strong Language
Episode 14 (July 28): Steve Bien-Aime
Episode 15 (August 11): Ben Zimmer
Episode 16 (August 25): Alaina Lavoie and Caroline Tung Richmond of We Need Diverse Books
Episode 17 (September 8): Heather Bonikowski and John Kelly of Dictionary.com
Episode 19 (October 6): Carol Saller
Episode 20 (October 20): Linda Kass of Gramercy Books
Episode 21 (November 10): That Word Chat: The Word Puzzlers
Episode 22 (November 17): Merrill Perlman and Teresa Schmedding of the ACES Academy
Episode 23 (December 1): Rob and Teresa Reinalda
Episode 24 (December 15): Emily Brewster
2021
Episode 26 (January 19): Malini Devadas
Episode 27 (February 2): Kory Stamper
Episode 28 (February 16): Cynthia Williams
Episode 29 (March 2): Grammar Day Celebration with Martha Brockenbrough and Special Guests
Episode 30 (March 16): Iva Cheung
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