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Thorunn S.
Subscriber since: July 2007
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
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Favorite Word:
serendipity
This is perhaps the word which best describes how I live my life.
Favorite Quote:
"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
- The Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5-7 in the New Testiment
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Freshly Minted: "The Hidden History of Coined Words"
April 15, 2021
Dennis Baron's "What's Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She" is a Timely Winner
February 27, 2020
- 2
Comments
Creativity:
To Bee or Not to Bee?
March 18, 2021
Why the Best Readers Make the Best Writers
February 25, 2021
- 4
Comments
Dictionaries:
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
- 4
Comments
Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019
- 4
Comments
Grammar:
Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
November 23, 2020
- 8
Comments
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter
June 25, 2020
- 8
Comments
How to write:
How to Protect the Important From the Urgent
March 25, 2021
- 3
Comments
Why You Should Resist the Writing Rituals of Famous Authors
January 28, 2021
- 2
Comments
Language:
Genderful, Neanderthal Joggers and Other Variants of Concern
April 8, 2021
- 1
Comment
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
April 1, 2021
- 7
Comments
Linguistics:
Genderful, Neanderthal Joggers and Other Variants of Concern
April 8, 2021
- 1
Comment
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
April 1, 2021
- 7
Comments
Spelling:
To Bee or Not to Bee?
March 18, 2021
2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
Storytelling:
Should You Self-Publish?
October 26, 2020
- 3
Comments
Why You Should Consider Back-And-Forth Writing
September 24, 2020
- 4
Comments
Students:
2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
"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:
Teach Your Children Well
February 1, 2019
- 5
Comments
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4
Comments
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
Word Origins:
Freshly Minted: "The Hidden History of Coined Words"
April 15, 2021
Genderful, Neanderthal Joggers and Other Variants of Concern
April 8, 2021
- 1
Comment
Writing:
Genderful, Neanderthal Joggers and Other Variants of Concern
April 8, 2021
- 1
Comment
How to Protect the Important From the Urgent
March 25, 2021
- 3
Comments
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013
- 4
Comments
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