In the case of professor John McWhorter, he is also wrong. The reality is that “ax” versus “ask” and other idiomatic faux pas have nothing to do with ethnicity. Two far more damaging problems are ...

Students and teachers who chose to keep their ethnic names usually run into an irritating obstacle: pronunciation. Acquaintances might be willing to try to learn the correct accent but ...

It’s only one syllable, but it’s enough to make Gonzaga fans throughout the country cringe. Gon-ZAH-ga. Anyone who knows the school will tell you- it’s “Go Zags, not Go Zogs.” So where does the ...