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Copy Corner | ‘Bro thought he cooked’ — The history of the term ‘bro,’ and its bizarre new pronoun-ification

Copy Corner | ‘Bro thought he cooked’ — The history of the term ‘bro,’ and its bizarre new pronoun-ification

The 2024-25 Copy Desk November 20, 2024

The word “bro” — a term that’s already diverse in its history and usage — is experiencing a linguistic evolution. Though most of us likely haven’t considered “bro” in a language or grammar...

Copy Corner | Did y’all know? ‘Y’all’ is a great pronoun

Copy Corner | Did y’all know? ‘Y’all’ is a great pronoun

The 2024-25 Copy Desk November 6, 2024

The word “y’all” is an iconic staple of Southern speech, but more than just a marker of Southerness, it’s also an elegant solution to a lexical gap in the English language. While languages such...

Copy Corner | The curious case of the Object Pronoun Horror Movie Cinematic Universe

Copy Corner | The curious case of the Object Pronoun Horror Movie Cinematic Universe

The 2024-25 Copy Desk October 31, 2024

In a Hollywood landscape increasingly shaped by the formula of sprawling interconnected franchises, countless movie genres have spawned series with ambitions of being the next great cinematic universe. For...

A squirrel clings to a tree root.

Copy Corner | A ‘parliament’ of owls or just a ‘flock’? Turns out it’s a judgment call

The 2024-25 Copy Desk October 16, 2024

With the arrival of fall comes its array of decorations populating every neighborhood in sight. Skeletons, ghosts, owls and bats adorn countless windows and doorways. They herald, with the help of hastily...

Copy Corner | Fall or autumn: The mystifying history of a season’s names

Copy Corner | Fall or autumn: The mystifying history of a season’s names

The 2024-25 Copy Desk October 9, 2024

October has arrived, which means it’s finally possible to walk to class without boiling alive, and the over-12,000 trees that dot the campus are transforming into brilliant shades of yellow, orange and...

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe (#4) prepares to throw a pass during warmup.

Copy Corner | The unique journey of ‘football,’ a game in which feet are largely unused

The 2024-25 Copy Desk October 2, 2024

At The University of Alabama, football is a cultural cornerstone without which many couldn’t imagine living. This is true to an extent throughout the United States, but especially in Alabama and the...