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Beth C.
Subscriber since: April 2012
Location: Naperville, IL
About Me
Freelance business copywriter always on the lookout for better words!
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Favorite Word:
crescendo
It's delightful to say out loud.
Other subscribers who love this word:
cree sierra .
(IN)
Sarah B.
Oscar C.
(TX)
Least Favorite Word:
uvula
I'd much rather call it a throat-flap thing.
Favorite Quote:
"It's not an adventure until something goes wrong."
- Yves Chouinard
Favorite Topics:
Advertising:
Shall We Plus?
April 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
Death to Branding!
July 16, 2012
- 4
Comments
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
- 1
Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
Books:
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
May 15, 2013
- 9
Comments
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
Branding:
How "Livery" Changed Its Spots
March 20, 2013
- 2
Comments
XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
Business writing:
Red Pen Diaries: Das Kapitalization
November 8, 2010
- 6
Comments
Buzzword Watch: "Acq-hire"
September 28, 2010
- 7
Comments
Copywriting:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9
Comments
The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010
- 19
Comments
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2
Comments
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2
Comments
Gentleman Turkeys and Other High-Class Gobbledygook
May 2, 2013
- 2
Comments
Grammar:
Orwell and Singular "They"
May 6, 2013
- 5
Comments
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Language:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
May 15, 2013
- 9
Comments
Language arts:
A Wicked Worksheet of the Week
May 15, 2013
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1
Comment
Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
Marketing:
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2012
December 11, 2012
- 8
Comments
Marketing copy:
Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008
- 1
Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008
- 3
Comments
Naming:
XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
Public relations:
Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008
- 1
Comment
Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2
Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5
Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Vocabulary:
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7
Comments
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
May 14, 2013
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3
Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4
Comments
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7
Comments
Writers:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 3
Comments
Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
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