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Allan Metcalf

Allan Metcalf
Allan Metcalf is Professor of English at MacMurray College, former executive secretary of the American Dialect Society, and a forensic linguist. He is the author of OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word and The Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word, as well as six other books on language.


Remember, Remember Where the Word ‘Guy’ Comes From

Allan Metcalf on the Evolving Legacy of Guy Fawkes
November 27, 2019  By Allan Metcalf
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