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dang
Subscriber since: May 2008
Location: anchorage, AK
About Me
words are a wonderful thing. except when they're not.
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Favorite Word:
cacophony
cacophony describes the center of my universe (no matter where that center travels across the globe).
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Least Favorite Word:
pooh-pooh
not exactly a word, but it's a phrase that makes my skin crawl. i associate it with people who i'd rather not associate with (pardon the dangle).
Favorite Quote:
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats."
- H. L. Mencken
Favorite Topics:
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
Grammar:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 1
Comment
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Language:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 1
Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 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:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
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
Teaching:
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013
- 14
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5
Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Words:
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 4
Comments
An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
- 4
Comments
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