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Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson, members of the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) and co-authors of The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friend's Changing the World, One Correction at a Time discuss their project to fix typos in signs across the country.

Ben Zimmer, the On Language columnist for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, discusses recent invented words: from Sarah Palin’s recent use of the word “refudiate,” to words like "ginormous," which have become part of the popular lexicon. We’ll be taking calls!

What are some of your favorite—or least favorite—made up words? Tell us by leaving a comment!

Our word maven, Patricia T. O’Conner, picks the winners of our Bad Sign Language contest! And she answers your questions about language and grammar. An updated and expanded third edition of her book Woe is I has recently been published. Call us at 212-433-9692 or leave us a question.

Our word maven, Patricia T. O'Conner, answers questions about the English language and grammar.