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:
lagniappeLeast Favorite Word:
topFavorite Quote:
""I wasted time and now doth time waste me""
- Shakespeare (in Richard II)
Favorite Topics:
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3 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
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Media:
Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013
- 2 Comments
Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013
- 7 Comments
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Politics:
How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
February 28, 2013
Letting "Sequester" Fester
February 21, 2013
- 4 Comments
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Teaching:
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013
- 14 Comments
Usage:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Words:
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
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