Apron began as napron. When “a napron” was reheard as “an apron”, the word boundary shifted and the newer form became standard.

Tmesis is the splitting of a word with another word for emphasis, as in abso-bloody-lutely. Here is how it works in English.

A tiny comma can completely change meaning. Learn why “Let’s eat, Grandma” is correct and how to avoid this common punctuation mistake.

An oronym is a phrase that sounds like a different phrase. Learn how shifting word boundaries creates surprising matches.