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On Language
On Language was a regular column in the weekly New by the end of January. The big thing is, I want to create
York Times Magazine on the English language discussing a kind of new identity for the front-of-the-book section.
popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other That doesn’t mean that everything’s being tossed out.
language-related topics. The inaugural column was pub- We’re looking at everything and evaluating what sort of
lished on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular fits."[3]
feature. Many of the columns were collected in books.
Columnist and journalist William Safire was one of
the most frequent contributors from the inception of the
References
column until Safire’s death in 2009. He wrote the inau- [1] New York Times: "On Language / The Maven,
gural On Language column in 1979.[1] starting it with the Nevermore" about Safire’s legacy
greeting: "How do you do. This is a new column about [2] New York Times: "On Language - The Future
language." In more than 30 years, he contributed more Tense"
than 1300 installments to the column. [3] New York Magazine: "New Times Magazine Editor
Safire was succeeded by Ben Zimmer, who wrote the Hugo Lindgren on His Plans: Big Subjects, More T,
column until its final edition on February 25, 2011.[2] and the End of ‘The Way We Live Now’"
About the cancellation of the column, the incoming
editor of New York Times Magazine Hugo Lindgren ex-
plained this and other changes to the magazine: "It is
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mine now. I’m in charge. We’re going to be doing some • A collection of On Language columns published in
significant redesign work, and have a newish magazine The New York Times
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