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discombobulationI like the meaning, the sound and generally exist in a state thereof...
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ToryGeorge Osborne, David Cameron, Michael Gove, Michael Howard, Norman Tebbitt, Margaret Thatcher.
Favorite Quote:
""English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England!""
- Homer
Favorite Topics:
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:
Macaulay's Plain-Spoken History
May 26, 2016
A Descriptive Prescriber's Useful Usage Guide
April 26, 2016
- 6 Comments
Dictionaries:
Fractious Compounds: How Should Dictionaries Treat Words Like "Heart-Shaped"?
April 1, 2016
- 5 Comments
Wedding Bells are Knitting Together That Old Gang of Mine
June 1, 2015
- 5 Comments
Fiction writing:
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
"Novel" Gazing
November 14, 2014
- 1 Comment
Grammar:
How Do Phrasal Verbs "Pencil Out"?
December 1, 2015
- 9 Comments
Language:
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
Linguistics:
When the Wrong Word Just Sounds Better
November 9, 2015
- 6 Comments
Minds, Bodies, and Verbs
September 1, 2015
- 11 Comments
Linguists:
Ben Zimmer Wins LSA's Linguistics Journalism Award
October 29, 2014
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Politics:
For Presidents' Day: Where Did "President" Come From Anyway?
February 15, 2016
- 4 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
- 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
Vocabulary:
The Year in Words 2015: One Pronoun to Rule Them All?
December 23, 2015
- 2 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:
For Presidents' Day: Where Did "President" Come From Anyway?
February 15, 2016
- 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:
Writing:
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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