•May 10, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

In light of the nearly endless column I — with great help from you — wrote a few weeks back comparing my column writing skills to that of ChatGPT, I decided to treat you to some bite-size nuggets today.
Gobble them up at your own peril; many of them are months old.
I’m ambarrassed to say
My wife and I were giving Netflix’s “The Diplomat” a spin the other evening, and something beyond the farfetchedness of the plot occurred to me: Why doesn’t an ambassador work in an “ambassy?”
I consulted the ever-handy Online Etymology Dictionary for an answer.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.