Erard, Michael

Michael Erard has graduate degrees in linguistics and rhetoric from the University of Texas at Austin. He's written about language, linguists, and linguistics for "Wired", " The Atlantic", " The New York" "Times", and many other publications and is a contributing writer for "The Texas Observer" and "Design Observer." He is the author of "Um... Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean".