David Haglund, “Did You See This? Downton Abbey Anachronisms” (Slate, Feb. 9, 2012)
Ben Zimmer, a Slate contributor, has created a video for the website he executive produces, the Visual Thesaurus, detailing all the seeming linguistic anachronisms from Season 2 of the show, from “just saying” to “I couldn’t care less.” See them all below, and check out the Visual Thesaurus in the days ahead for explanations as to why these uses of language are probably historically inaccurate.
Read the rest here. (Related Word Routes column, Boston Globe column)