I'm Minion Fuggedy and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.

We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

Today we'll look at why the words Wence and Wither are related to the reason people

ask that sometimes annoying question, where are you at?

And then I'll answer a question about how to remember the difference between the words

regime and regimen.

I used the phrase Where It's At in an episode a few years ago, and a listener called me on

it.

How embarrassing, given that I always give the same advice about phrases like Where It's

At or Where Are You At, whether it's in a radio interview and a podcast episode or

in a book.

I always say that because phrases like Where Are You At and Where Are You mean the same

thing you should omit the at.

I'm standing by that advice, but today we're going to talk about why this redundant phrasing

exists.

But first, I want to make one exception to my advice about Where and At when it comes

to the phrase Where It's At.

By now this particular phrase, meaning that something is really cool, is an established

idiom in American English.

If you take out the at and say something like Ballroom Dancing is where it is, that's

nothing but a tutology.

It's located where it's located.

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