An assortment of small things that have been accumulating: a memorable fact, two mishearings, and some notable critical venom. 1. A memorable fact about languages. Ian Frazier, “Lack of Center”, on Paolo Javier, the poet laureate of Queens (New Yorker “Talk of the Town”, 5/25/15): Only two boroughs have poets laureate: Brooklyn is the other. … Continue reading Odds and ends 5/26/15