Paul Mulshine, “On Language, Ben Zimmer Gets the Last Word” (The Star-Ledger, Jan. 9, 2011)
What’s it like being an expert in a field in which every wise guy on the planet thinks he’s an expert?
That’s the life of Ben Zimmer. Last spring, the 39-year-old replaced the late William Safire in what is perhaps the most coveted position in the rapidly growing field of popular linguistics: authorship of the On Language column in the New York Times Magazine.
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