KingsChampion
Subscriber since: June 2008
Location:
New York,
NY
About Me
Howdee, I'm "am" a SWM,35,of Irish/Scottish origin,and one of the few true Manhattan natives left in New York County,for better or for worse. I am currently undergoing a metamorphosis in occupation,departing from the world of International Finance,and wading into the wide breadth of Arts and Humanities,where my heart has always been. Excited about this product,due to my status as an amateur Etymologist ,Linguist,etc. Cheerio, JFXB
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Favorite Word:
pulchritudeI communicate in a very sensual,multilayered fashion,in addition to the act of speaking,I have always felt various intuitive layers in the act of uttering certain words. Ergo,I have always believed "pulchritude" was a word that audibly evokes it's meaning sensually as well as cognitively.
Favorite Quote:
"Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant?
 I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?"
- James Joyce
Favorite Topics:
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12 Comments
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2 Comments
How to write:
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Usage:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
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
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
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