Regional Speech Patterns Travel With You

by Kevin Burton    One fine morning in a restaurant we don’t often go to, in a small town where you better not speed or they’ll fine you for sure (Derby, Kansas), a waitress referred to my wife and I as “yins.”    That is a contraction of “you ones” and it’s a regionalism from …

No Need For Fake Commutes At My House

by Kevin Burton    Working from home is one of the virus-era changes that I think is here to stay.     It continues to be a necessity for many and it just makes a lot of sense for employers and employees alike.        But some people are having trouble with one aspect of home …