Houston
Subscriber since: November 2004
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Cibolo,
TX
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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:
What's the Deal with "Auld Lang Syne"?
January 2, 2012
Celebrate the National Day on Writing
October 19, 2011
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4 Comments
Language arts:
The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012
- 3 Comments
Linguistics:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4 Comments
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Students:
This Summer: Reading Pays!
June 20, 2011
What's in a Name? Students Reveal Their Words
June 14, 2011
- 14 Comments
Teaching:
Black History Month
February 9, 2012
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3 Comments
Usage:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 7 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6 Comments
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