Houston
Subscriber since: November 2004
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I'm a professional interpreter, an amateur linguist, and a recovering word nerd.
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Favorite Word:
perspicacityMeaning a keen astuteness, or insightful, sound judgment, this word is just fun to say.
Least Favorite Word:
stuffIt is a lazy, overused placeholder for any number of more-specific choices, such as: accoutrement, assets, belongings, contraption, device, doohickey, effects, equipment, essence, furnishings, gear, gimmick, gizmo, goods, implement, junk, luggage, matter, mechanism, objects, paraphernalia, personal belongings, possessions, provisions, substance, supplies, tackle, thingamajigs, things, tools, trappings, utensils, whatchamacallit, widgets
Favorite Quote:
""Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.""
- Buddha
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
- 1 Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
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
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
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
Teaching:
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013
- 15 Comments
Usage:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1 Comment
Vocabulary:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1 Comment
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
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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