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Favorite Word:
discombobulationI like the meaning, the sound and generally exist in a state thereof...
Least Favorite Word:
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:
Let's Talk Turkey: A Word That's Waddled Round the Globe
November 25, 2014
- 6 Comments
Dictionaries:
A Junior Dictionary Kerfuffle
February 2, 2015
The Future of Dictionaries: A HuffPost Live Chat
January 21, 2015
- 1 Comment
Fiction writing:
"Novel" Gazing
November 14, 2014
- 1 Comment
The Life and Death of Fictional Characters
October 27, 2014
- 1 Comment
Grammar:
Tricky Plurals Inspire Some Grammatical Back-and-Forths
February 20, 2015
- 2 Comments
One Man's Quest to Correct "Comprise" Usage
February 12, 2015
- 1 Comment
How to write:
Language:
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 2015
- 6 Comments
Language arts:
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014
- 13 Comments
Linguistics:
They Also Serve Who Only Kvetch and Tweet
December 1, 2014
- 7 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
Naming:
Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 2015
- 6 Comments
Getting on a First-Name Basis with Winter Storms
January 27, 2015
- 1 Comment
Politics:
A New Book Deciphers the Jargon of American Politics
October 8, 2014
- 1 Comment
The "Yanks" Are Coming: From Disparagement to Pride
July 4, 2014
Reading:
The More We Change...
August 15, 2014
- 6 Comments
Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014
- 5 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
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Vocabulary:
For Valentine's Day: Love Words From Shakespeare
February 13, 2015
- 2 Comments
Looking Back on Jon Stewart's Portman-Coinages
February 11, 2015
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
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015
- 1 Comment
Writing:
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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