Three OBH strips on language matters that I’ve saved up: Ruthie vs. ambiguity, Ruthie wielding analogy, and Joe vs. ambiguity in pronominal usage: (#1) (#2) loner, loaner. In #1, Joe means the first, but Ruthie seems not to have come across that word, or else she understood what Joe said to be the second (homophonous … Continue reading One Big Happy language