Parsing the State of the Union

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 28, 2011

Ben Zimmer, "On Language" columnist for the New York Times and executive producer of Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com, takes a closer look at some of the words and phrases that the president used in his State of the Union speech. Also, we get more insight into the president's smoked salmon joke from Niki Russ, fourth-generation co-owner of the Lower East Side fish shop staple Russ & Daughters, who explains the difference between smoked salmon and lox.

Top Stories

Parts of Manhattan to sacrifice 10% of street parking as NYC installs new trash bins

Simplecast episode unavailable

Simplecast episode unavailable

Simplecast episode unavailable

YOU ARE ONLINE