I found this article at http://newsabouttheenglishlanguage.com and thought I’d share it.

A coalition of linguists from North America and the United Kingdom today announced that they will no longer support the use of the word “dozen” in the English language. The group’s given reason for this boycott is the “vocabularistic devolution” of the term. Over the course of past decades, the Clear Language Alliance claims, “dozen” has come to be too closely associated with the similar-sounding word “doesn’t,” a word that has clear negative connotations.

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Selecting a writing utensil–like selecting an eating utensil–is no simple matter. You have to carefully balance the assets and liabilities of each implement to make sure you have the right tool for the job.

To help you in your future decisions, I’ve compiled a brief list of writing utensils and described their strengths and weaknesses. Read the rest of this entry…