Why Are We "Accessing" Everything?

The verbing of access became widespread only in about the 1970s, and now it's ubiquitous.

NOTE: Do you have a language question for John? Leave a comment or email lexiconvalley@booksmartstudios.org, and he may answer it in a future post!

Lisa French wants to know: “Why is Welsh so weird, why is the spelling of Welsh unhelpful as far as actually trying to say the words out loud, and finally, why do the Welsh seem to mix Welsh and English words indiscriminately in the same utterance?”