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Wine Gal
Subscriber since: January 2013
Location: Los Gatos, CA
About Me
I love wine and writing and I'm a Certified Sommelier (via CMS). I own a small wine consulting business and I blog about wine and life. I love language and learning.
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Favorite Word:
prestidigitation
It's fun to say this word!
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Least Favorite Word:
ointment
weird word
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Favorite Quote:
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein
Favorite Topics:
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
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3
Comments
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2
Comments
Gentleman Turkeys and Other High-Class Gobbledygook
May 2, 2013
- 2
Comments
Grammar:
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Orwell and Singular "They"
May 6, 2013
- 5
Comments
How to write:
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
10 Non-Writing Activities That Will Improve Your Writing
April 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
Language:
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 4
Comments
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
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
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
Online:
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Whither The #Hashtag?
March 27, 2013
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2
Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5
Comments
Spelling:
Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013
- 3
Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012
- 1
Comment
Students:
You've Got Mail: The Art of the Thank You
December 4, 2012
- 5
Comments
The E-Reader Over Your Shoulder
November 12, 2012
- 2
Comments
Usage:
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 4
Comments
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Vocabulary:
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7
Comments
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
May 14, 2013
Words:
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 4
Comments
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4
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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