Norman Knight, a retired Clark-Pleasant Middle School teacher, writes this weekly column for the Daily Journal. Send comments to [email protected].

Of all languages, English has the weirdest vocabulary – and it’s getting weirder “’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:/All mimsy were the borogoves,/And the mome raths ...

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Each fall, teams from the Valley Grange travel to five schools to present area third graders with free dictionaries.

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It started with voodoo, got a shout-out in a Men At Work hit, and now perfectly captures our age of anxiety and ghosting.

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From one-liners to corny comedy, this hilarious selection of the best dad jokes will have kids and adults alike laughing.

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