CaspianRex
Subscriber since: September 2006
Location: Nashville, TN
About Me
I'm a musician and a father. My main job is being a father to my four-year-old daughter. I have always been fascinated by language, and the minutiae of language.
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Favorite Word:

absquatulate
This is my new favorite word! It's got such...character.
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Least Favorite Word:

issue
This word is used FAR TOO OFTEN. People talk about how they want politicians to stick to the "issues," and yet no one can agree what those issues are; even worse, many people use the word as a euphemism for "problem," as in "I have issues with that person."
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Favorite Quote:

"I am only mad north-northwest; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."
- William Shakespeare (from Hamlet)

Favorite Topics:

Blogs:

Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013 - 1 Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013

Books:

"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 15, 2013 - 9 Comments

Dictionaries:

Branding by Definition
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 28, 2013
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013

Grammar:

How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 13, 2013 - 5 Comments
"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013

Language:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments

Language arts:

Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013 - 2 Comments
How to Teach Setting: Beyond Time and Place
May 29, 2013 - 4 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Linguistics:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013

Linguists:

A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010

Online:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 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:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
2013 Spelling Bee: Arvind Mahankali Turns "German Curse" Into "German Blessing"
May 31, 2013 - 5 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Usage:

Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments
How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 13, 2013 - 5 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Vocabulary:

2013 Spelling Bee: Vocabulary Questions in the Spotlight
May 29, 2013
Memorial Day: Is It "Celebrated" or "Observed"?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 27, 2013 - 1 Comment

Word Origins:

Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013

Words:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments