Posts Tagged ‘prefixes’

‘Meta’-morphosis: It’s everywhere

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Too much meta. That’s what Sam McManis wrote earlier this year in the Sacramento Bee, talking about the just-released movie “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.” The movie is “a movie about making a movie of an 18th Century comic novel that was about the conventions of novel writing,” McManis explained.
“How very meta it [...]

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‘Co-’ offers an alternative for families that are in ’step’

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

More than 10 years ago, sisters Kathy McGrath and Jeannie McDonald encountered a dilemma when introducing the members of their new stepfamily.
“We found ourselves dealing with awkward situations when introducing someone: `This is my dad’s wife,’” McGrath said. “There was always a hesitation in our voice. Saying `stepmother’ and `stepson’ never seemed to convey the [...]

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