Erin McKean spoke at PopTech in 2006 about words, dictionaries, grammar and all things in between. 

McKean's love of language continues today.  Her website, Wordnik, is a resource to better understand a word, check its spelling, hear a pronunciation, or express an opinion about that word. And more recently, she's become a regular contributor to the Boston Globe's The Word column where she tackles the pros and cons of language advice websites and considers the plural form for Toyota's Prius (Prii) among other etymological topics.

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