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Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

By: QuickAndDirtyTips.com
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Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.

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Mignon Fogarty, Inc. Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Fossil words, eponyms, and a miscellany of weird facts, with Jess Zafarris and Shannon Miller

    Fossil words, eponyms, and a miscellany of weird facts, with Jess Zafarris and Shannon Miller
    Jun 25 2026
    1197. This week, guest host Valerie Fridland steps in for Mignon and talks to Jess Zafarris and Shannon Miller about their new book, "A Miscellany of Weird and Wonderful Facts for Curious Humans." They look at fossil words, eponyms, and the surprising origin of the word "electric." They also look at mountweazels, the medieval roots of modern romance, and why emoji has nothing to do with emotion. Get the book, "A Miscellany of Weird and Wonderful Facts for Curious Humans."Find Jess Zafarris online: Useless Etymology, TikTok, Twitter, InstagramFind Shannon Miller online: Threads, LinkedInFind Valerie Fridland online: Website, LinkedIn🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Take our advertising survey.🔗 Get the edited transcript here.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    38 mins
  • Why 'love' means 'zero' in tennis

    Why 'love' means 'zero' in tennis
    Jun 23 2026

    1196. This week, we look at why "love" means "zero" in tennis, from egg-shaped zeros to playing for the love of the game, and how the sport's quirky 15-30-40 scoring system came to be.


    🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.

    🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

    🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.

    🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.

    🔗 Find an edited transcript.

    🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.


    | HOST: Mignon Fogarty


    | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.


    • Audio Engineer: Castria Communications
    • Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings
    • Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson
    • Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian
    • Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb


    | Theme music by Catherine Rannus.


    | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Insta

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    8 mins
  • Tomi Adeyemi: The writing life

    Tomi Adeyemi: The writing life
    Jun 20 2026

    874. With her book "Children of Blood and Bone" spending 120 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, Tomi Adeyemi knows what it takes to write a great book. Listen in on my conversation with this charming writer about her thoughts on the writing life and the craft of storytelling.


    Encore Episode: This episode originally aired in May of 2022. We also discuss a writing masterclass Tomi was offering at the time of this recording; that specific course is no longer active, but her advice on the craft of storytelling is timeless. This summer, I'm bringing back a few fan favorites on Saturdays as a bonus for listeners. Summer Saturdays only runs for a few weeks, so enjoy the extra listens while they last!


    🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.

    🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

    🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.

    🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.

    🔗 Find a transcript here.

    🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.


    | HOST: Mignon Fogarty


    | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.






    • Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend
    • Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings
    • Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson
    • Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian
    • Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb


    | Theme music by Catherine Rannus.


    | Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Insta

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    42 mins
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