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.
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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:

A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014 - 6 Comments
How A Personal Writing Style Develops
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Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Dictionaries:

Scrabble Showdown: "Zen" Versus... "Geocache"?
April 9, 2014
Which Word Should Go Into the Next Scrabble Dictionary?
April 3, 2014

Grammar:

Adverb Placement, Generally and Specifically
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"Over" Reaction: Copy Editors Gasp at AP Ruling on "Over"/"More Than"
March 21, 2014 - 6 Comments

How to write:

When Is the Best Time to Write?
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Nine Ideas Writers Need to Give Up
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 11, 2014 - 6 Comments

Language:

What Shakespeare Knew About the Rhythms of English
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 16, 2014 - 3 Comments
A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014 - 6 Comments

Linguistics:

A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014 - 6 Comments
Understanding Your Robot's Grammar
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 1, 2014 - 4 Comments

Spelling:

The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
October 30, 2013 - 4 Comments
Spelling Malpractice: Of Vocal "Chords" and Digestive "Tracks"
September 26, 2013 - 8 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

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

Teachers:

Small Things That Change Lives: How Teachers Make a Difference
November 21, 2013 - 4 Comments
Triple Play: Teaching Words in Threes
July 9, 2013 - 5 Comments

Teaching:

The Real News About the Redesigned SAT
April 16, 2014 - 1 Comment
The Problem with Punctuation: Some Classroom Findings
March 14, 2014 - 3 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:

Baseball Lingo, from "Cup of Coffee" to "Southpaw"
April 8, 2014
A "Final Four" of March Madness Lingo
March 31, 2014

Writing:

What Shakespeare Knew About the Rhythms of English
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 16, 2014 - 3 Comments
When Is the Best Time to Write?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 11, 2014 - 7 Comments

Young readers:

Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013 - 4 Comments
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013 - 2 Comments