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:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Let's Talk Turkey: A Word That's Waddled Round the Globe
November 25, 2014 - 6 Comments

Creativity:

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

Dictionaries:

A Junior Dictionary Kerfuffle
February 2, 2015
The Future of Dictionaries: A HuffPost Live Chat
January 21, 2015 - 1 Comment

Grammar:

For Grammar Day, Write a Haiku!
March 2, 2015 - 1 Comment
Farewell, My Lovely Distinction
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 2, 2015 - 17 Comments

How to write:

Why You Shouldn't Fret About Creativity
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 16, 2015 - 1 Comment
How to Help Your Writing by Talking Like an Athlete
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 29, 2015 - 6 Comments

Language:

Crude, Anatomical, Off-Broadway Euphemisms
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 4, 2015
Farewell, My Lovely Distinction
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 2, 2015 - 17 Comments

Linguistics:

Pillow Talk and Its Ramifications
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 1, 2015 - 5 Comments
They Also Serve Who Only Kvetch and Tweet
December 1, 2014 - 7 Comments

Spelling:

Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 6 Comments
2014 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Share Spotlight in a "Competition Against the Dictionary"
May 30, 2014 - 2 Comments

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Students:

"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 13 Comments
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014

Teachers:

The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014 - 4 Comments
You Mean I Really Have to Write This?
October 24, 2014 - 9 Comments

Teaching:

The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014 - 4 Comments
You Mean I Really Have to Write This?
October 24, 2014 - 9 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:

Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015 - 1 Comment
"On the Media" Tackles "Whistleblowers"
February 17, 2015 - 1 Comment

Writing:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Why You Shouldn't Fret About Creativity
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 16, 2015 - 1 Comment

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