BETWEEN

Twixt you and me . . .

“Between you, me, and the wall,” he whispered, “there’s a rule that between must be used when speaking of two, and among when speaking of three or more.”

OK, then. Let’s whisper, “Among you, me, and the wall. . .”

I rest my case.

,6 Please respect me for all the cheap who/whom jokes I resisted, like Abbott and Costello’s Whom’s on First baseball comedy routine, and the Internet search company Ya-whom!, and the book Whom’s Whom in America, and the chant of my hometown Cincinnati Bengals: Whom- dey! Whom-dey! Whom-dey think gonna beat them Bengals!—well, all the cheap who/whom jokes that I resisted until I had to fill some space on this page with a footnote.