Word of the week: "transliteracy," which is the ability to read, write and interact using multiple media, including the latest electronic media such as Facebook and MySpace. The term was coined just a few years ago by a team of researchers in the English department of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Ken Clark of Kent, Wash., asks us about words like "emcee," that are spelled-out versions of the letters that they stand for. We've been unable to discov ...

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