‘The chief objection to Michigander is that it inspires idiots to call a Michigan woman a Michigoose and a child a Michigosling,’ the American essayist H.L. Mencken wrote in 1947.
- Professor of Linguistics, English Language and Literatures and Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
Generic names can take on a linguistic life of their own, becoming powerful forms of social commentary.
Writing errors often appear in text messages, emails and other types of informal electronic communication. These errors matter when a short email is the only basis for judgment.
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