Joni S.
Subscriber since: June 2009
Location: Fernley, NV
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Favorite Word:

biblioteca
In Spanish it means "library". I really like the way it's pronounced and the way it rolls out of my mouth.

Least Favorite Word:

diabetes
It it a blood disease. I can't stand the way the last two syllables are pronounced BEE TEES. Ugly, ugly word.
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Favorite Quote:

""It is written.""
- "Louie, Louie, Louie. always whining Louie." - Lestat

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 15, 2013 - 9 Comments
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 14, 2013 - 2 Comments

Dictionaries:

A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013 - 3 Comments

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Grammar:

Orwell and Singular "They"
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A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013

Language:

An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013 - 4 Comments
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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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

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?
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Linguists:

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

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

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:

Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013 - 3 Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012 - 1 Comment

Visual Thesaurus:

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

Word Origins:

Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
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March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013

Words:

An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013 - 4 Comments
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013 - 7 Comments

Writers:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 14, 2013 - 2 Comments
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013 - 2 Comments

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 14, 2013 - 2 Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 13, 2013 - 4 Comments

Young readers:

STEM, Literacy, and the Common Core Standards
August 21, 2012 - 3 Comments
A Teacher's Summer Reflections
June 13, 2012 - 2 Comments