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loriannlivingston

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

Who vs. whom

Grammar is a set of rules about the structure of language. Most people are indifferent to the invisible gears that make language work....

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loriannlivingston

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

The language of elections

Wordie for the Circle: Oct. 17 I thought since we go to the polls on Monday that it might be fun to take a look at words that are used in...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 18, 2018
2 min

Speaking plainly, part 2

Wordie for The Circle “The purpose of a plain-language approach in written communication is to convey information easily and...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 18, 2018
2 min

Speaking plainly

Wordie for The Circle Have you encountered situations where a document’s language caused more trouble than it solved? Perhaps you had to...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 18, 2018
2 min

What are you scared of?

Wordie for The Circle: Sept. 6, 2018 Are you irrationally afraid of something? To the point that your body physically responds? Oxford...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 18, 2018
2 min

Wordie Wednesday: awry

Awry (from Merriam Webster dictionary) off the correct or expected course, as in "Their plans went awry." in a turned or twisted position...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 15, 2018
5 min

Scripts, stories and scoops

Printed in the Irish World in September 1999. Joe O'Connor's latest play, True Believers, played the Tricycle Theatre in London, UK. L.A....

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loriannlivingston

Oct 9, 2018
4 min

Chiefly Moloney

Head Chieftain Paddy Moloney shows no signs of slowing up after decades in the music business. L.A. Livingston met the 61-year-old...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 1, 2018
3 min

Sixpence quite a bit richer

First printed in the Irish World in September 1999. I spoke with Sixpence None the Richer's lead singer, Leigh Nash, about their...

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loriannlivingston

Oct 1, 2018
2 min

When print was king

I often think fondly of my days as a journalist. I trained as a journalist in a post-degree program and wrote for weekly newspapers in...

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