Archive for the 'language' Category

Goodness gracious, that’s invasious!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Yesterday I was listening to NPR’s Science Friday. Ira Flatow was broadcasting from Milwaukee and the topics were those closest to his audience’s hearts: The Great Lakes, and beer. On the subject of contamination of the Great Lakes, two audience members in close succession questioned the panel about “invasious species.” I have never heard that [...]