Word Nerds: Verbal Custodians Trapped in a Time Warp
Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013, at 9:59 am
A big drawback to a column like this is being perceived as having insufferable attitude: “So, Mr. Expert, I guess you think you’re so superior.” It’s not like that. Word nerds do custodial work. A lot of brilliant people can’t write. Ernest Hemingway was a terrible speller. Word nerds don’t think they’re “better”—do janitors think …