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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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Least Favorite Word:
top
Favorite Quote:
""I wasted time and now doth time waste me""
- Shakespeare (in Richard II)
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Dictionaries:
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Quotable Moments of 2011
December 23, 2011
- 5
Comments
Grammar:
Grammar Bite: Making Media Agree
November 17, 2011
- 6
Comments
"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
- 8
Comments
Language arts:
The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012
- 3
Comments
Libraries:
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4
Comments
"Get Your Geek On" at Public Libraries
November 19, 2010
- 9
Comments
Linguistics:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Get Your Creak On
January 31, 2012
- 1
Comment
Media:
Introducing "Lexicon Valley"
February 7, 2012
Exposure, Excitement, Inspiration
December 19, 2011
- 4
Comments
Naming:
The Ündeniable Ümlaut
January 19, 2012
- 9
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2011
December 6, 2011
- 3
Comments
Poetry:
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3
Comments
Song of Myself: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom
May 30, 2011
- 4
Comments
Politics:
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
Quotable Moments of 2011
December 23, 2011
- 5
Comments
Reading:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15
Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5
Comments
Teaching:
Black History Month
February 9, 2012
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3
Comments
Usage:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 4
Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
Word Origins:
"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
February 7, 2012
- 3
Comments
Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
January 26, 2012
- 6
Comments
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 4
Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
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