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Least Favorite Word:
impactThis is as close as I can get to "impactful" a made-up word completely lacking in poetry, which I despise.
Favorite Quote:
""We are waving, and saying thank you, dark though it is.""
- W.S. Merwin
Favorite Topics:
Advertising:
To Boldly Go
May 14, 2018
- 5 Comments
Blogs:
Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013
- 2 Comments
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013
Books:
Of Kings and Eggs and Presidents
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
Copywriting:
How Productive a Writer Are You?
December 18, 2017
Laughing Matters
November 5, 2017
- 4 Comments
Creativity:
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018
Naming the Name of the Year
April 11, 2018
Fiction writing:
Do You Agree With These Quotes About Writing?
November 17, 2017
- 5 Comments
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
Fun:
Reinventing Floating Transport for Special Guests
August 14, 2018
Grammar:
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016
- 6 Comments
Language:
The Lexical Constitution of "Constitution"
September 10, 2018
- 3 Comments
Language arts:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Linguistics:
The Lexical Constitution of "Constitution"
September 10, 2018
- 3 Comments
Naming:
Speaking Blockchain
August 17, 2018
Reinventing Floating Transport for Special Guests
August 14, 2018
Poetry:
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014
- 1 Comment
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017
- 1 Comment
Self-publishing:
The March of the E-Books
March 25, 2013
- 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011
- 4 Comments
Students:
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014
- 12 Comments
Teachers:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Teaching:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4 Comments
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
The Geeky, Cosmic, Philosophical History of "Multiverse"
May 23, 2018
- 1 Comment
First Past the Post
May 1, 2017
- 3 Comments
Writer's block:
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
June 27, 2018
- 6 Comments
How to Reestablish Your Writing Habit After a Break
May 26, 2018
- 7 Comments
Writers:
How and Where to Find Stories
July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
June 27, 2018
- 6 Comments
Writing:
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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