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Rick G.
Subscriber since: December 2007
Location: Austin, TX
About Me
I'm a 63 year old attorney who is much more interested in history, literature, and linguistics than in law.
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Favorite Word:
lagniappe
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Favorite Quote:
""I wasted time and now doth time waste me""
- Shakespeare (in Richard II)
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Remembering Salinger
January 29, 2010
Shtick Lit
December 29, 2009
Dictionaries:
On Some Deficiencies in Our Search Engines
February 1, 2010
Quotable Moments of '09
December 17, 2009
Grammar:
Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
March 18, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Language arts:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Let Freedom Ring!
February 18, 2010
Libraries:
Term Limits: A Profession Ponders Its Very Name
December 16, 2009
The Digital Librarian
February 17, 2009
Linguistics:
A Troop of One
November 11, 2009
More on "Text(ed)"
November 2, 2009
Media:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
An "On Language" Introduction
March 17, 2010
Naming:
Term Limits: A Profession Ponders Its Very Name
December 16, 2009
The Namer's Bookshelf
November 23, 2009
Poetry:
The Found Poetry of Google Voice
February 10, 2010
To a Thesaurus
January 26, 2010
Politics:
Bridge That Gap!
March 2, 2010
Quotable Moments of '09
December 17, 2009
Reading:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Reading What You Want
March 9, 2010
Teaching:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Usage:
Punctuation Point: The Serial Comma
March 18, 2010
Misnomers and Misconceptions
March 17, 2010
Word Origins:
"Sleeping Beauties" in English and Dutch
January 20, 2010
The Origins of "Eggnog," Holiday Grog
December 24, 2009
Words:
Stay Tuned for Language Mavenry
March 19, 2010
Misnomers and Misconceptions
March 17, 2010
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