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  1. Department of Word Lists

     Upper West Side Story: Living the Riverine Life
    Mon Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Once again award-winning writer and educator Bob Greenman takes us on a journey through words selected from More Words That Make a Difference, a delightful book illustrating word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly.

  2. Word Routes

     The Origins of Text-Speak, from 1828?
    Fri Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    A new exhibit at the British Library on the evolution of English will feature some linguistic play that presages the age of "text-speak." As reported by The Guardian, the exhibit will display a comic poem printed in 1867 with lines like "I wrote 2 U B 4" ("I wrote to you before"). I've investigated this proto-text-speak and have found similar versified examples going all the way back to 1828.

  3. Teachers at Work

     Long Live the Essay/The Essay Must Die
    Thu Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    Teacher/novelist Michele Dunaway has some provocative thoughts on how essay-writing is traditionally taught to students.

    For a site that thrives on vocabulary and words, the idea that the essay must die may be akin to blasphemy. We writers often cite the essay as our first foray into discovering our individual voice; it's our first official step towards being able to express ourselves through prose.

  4. Word Routes

     "Mad Men" Word Watch: Get Over It!
    Wed Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Ever since I wrote an On Language column for the New York Times Magazine about the authenticity of the dialogue on the AMC series "Mad Men," my inbox has been full of questions about words and phrases that have appeared on the show. The most recent episode, set in early 1965, was particularly rich in expressions that set off people's linguistic radar. Here's a look at four questionable examples from the episode.

  5. Word Count

     Good Grammar Leads to Violence at Starbucks?
    Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Did you hear about the professor of English who was removed by police from a New York Starbucks over a bagel-related language complaint? A more mild-mannered professor of English, Dennis Baron of the University of Illinois, investigates.

  6. Training Videos

     Working With Word Lists
    Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Shows how to create a word list quickly by dragging words directly from a Visual Thesaurus word map. Also shows how to access your existing lists and and add words to them.

  7. Word Count

     Does Your Writing Need a Little Background Music?
    Mon Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Years ago, after I'd graduated from grade 12 and moved on to higher learning — English 100 and Philosophy 120 — I discovered that my university had a recording library. Hallelujah! Sounds quaint now, I know, but this was more than a generation before iPods, and I was ridiculously excited about getting to hear music via headphones.

  8. Blog Excerpts

     Q&A with Grammar Hulk
    Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    The Twitter universe encompasses some odd creatures, including all manner of "Incredible Hulk" spinoffs typing their primitive tweets in all caps. One that language lovers should follow is the delightful Grammar Hulk. Copy editor Andy Bechtel has posted a Q&A with Grammar Hulk — read it here.

  9. Candlepower

     Webinar, Schmebinar!
    Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    I hate the word "webinar."

    I don't mind "podcast" or "blogosphere" or "Wikipedia," and I happen to love "netiquette." But there's something about "webinar" that produces a frisson of ickiness every time I see or hear it, an inward "ew."

  10. Word Routes

     Slaterisms: Have You Ever Wanted to "Hit the Slide"?
    Thu Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    The JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater became an overnight folk hero (for some) after news spread of his theatrical resignation: cursing out a passenger over the intercom, grabbing a beer, deploying the plane's emergency slide, and sliding down to the tarmac in a blaze of glory. With a story so compelling, it's no surprise that admirers are now coming up with Slater-specific expressions to describe "take this job and shove it" moments.
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