Joanna Bourne

I am so thrilled to announce that RITA award-winner Joanna Bourne has asked me to help her with some fact-checking for her new book . Joanna is a fellow francophile, and shares my enthusiasm for discussing word usage ad infinitum, or, to some, ad nauseum.

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Words

Find out how Joanna responded to these:
p 239. & elsewhere “front room.” It’s in OED, but in early reference simply indicates the more attractive rooms in the front of a structure, probably for public use. I don’t think it refers to the large gathering place in a contemporary house. “Sitting Room” or even “parlor” would [...]