Wed. 07/21 - It Was in All the Papers

How did paper sizes fall into their century-long groove, how low-wage workers seem to have the upper hand in the job market despite pandemic job losses, and the very newest, freshest words are in.

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The Reason Why a Standard Piece of Paper Is 8.5 Inches by 11 Inches (Mental Floss)Grandma’s Cooking Secret (Snopes)Who decided our paper should measure 8.5” x 11”? (International Paper Company)Library of Congress Bibles Collection (Library of Congress)The Article About Paper Sizes You Didn’t Know You Needed (Modus)International standard paper sizes (Markus Kuhn)Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 15, 2021 (Congressional Research Service)Low Pay, No Benefits, Rude Customers: Restaurant Workers Quit At Record Rate (NPR)Oof, Y’all, Dictionary.com Just Added Over 300 New Words And Definitions (NPR)From “5G” to “Zaddy”: Dictionary.com Adds Over 300 New Words And Definitions (Dictionary.com)A Word on ‘Descriptive’ and ‘Prescriptive’ Defining (Merriam-Webster)‘Fewer’ and ‘Less’ (Merriam-Webster)Should “Decimate” be Annihilated? (OUPblog)Glenn on Twitter (Twitter)

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