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  1. Blog Excerpts

     How We Got to "Hello"
    Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2009

    Have you ever wondered why we say "hello" when we answer the telephone? Nate Barksdale of the think tank Cardus takes a long look at the history of the greeting here.

  2. Word Routes

     Is There a Problem with "No Problem"?
    Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2009

    Visual Thesaurus subscriber "Curious Cat" has struck a nerve. Commenting on a Word Routes column last month about annoying words, "CC" wrote:

    My bugbear: "No problem" in response to "Thank you" in restaurants. "You're welcome" is disappearing in this context. I assume that my business is not a problem.

  3. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: November Edition
    Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2009
    Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at The Visual Thesaurus! We're celebrating with a Thanksgiving-themed crossword puzzle. Solve it and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  4. Department of Word Lists

     Sipping and Supping at the Algonquin Club
    Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2009
    These scenes from my life in Boston — when my wife Carol and I lived there many years ago and during our recent work there on "More Words That Make a Difference" — employ a number of words that appear in that book, with illustrative sentences from the Atlantic Monthly.

  5. Wordshop

     Paying Attention to Word Choice: One of the 6 + 1 Traits of Writing
    Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2009
    According to educator and writer Ruth Culham "precise nouns, descriptive adjectives, and energetic verbs" are all examples of the rich language we should be encouraging students to develop as teachers emphasize "word choice" as one of the "6 + 1 traits of writing."

  6. Edulinks

     Kid-Friendly Search Engines
    Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2009

    Looking for alternatives to Google that might be more appropriate for students? Check out these search engines.

    Quintura Kids

    Ask for Kids

    Fact Monster

    Yahoo Kids

  7. Word Routes

     Going Quant, Going Rogue
    Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2009
    When I read in the New York Times recently that everyone is going quant in "the Age of Metrics," my first thought was, "Is that anything like Sarah Palin going rogue?" What's going on with these new ways of going, anyhow?

  8. Candlepower

     The Namer's Bookshelf
    Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2009
    As far as I know, no university has a Department of Nomenclature. I've never heard of an internship in brand naming. So what's an aspiring name developer — or even an inquiring civilian — to do?

  9. Word Routes

     Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year: "Admonish"
    Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2009
    The latest selection for 2009 Word of the Year comes from the good people at Merriam-Webster. Unlike other dictionary publishers that anoint an annual word, Merriam-Webster bases its winner and runners-up on actual user lookups to its online dictionary and thesaurus. So instead of the novelties selected by its competitors (distracted driving from Webster's New World, unfriend from New Oxford American), Merriam-Webster's choice is an old word that worked its way into current events: admonish.

  10. Dog Eared

     2009 National Book Awards
    Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2009

    The prestigious National Book Awards have been announced for 2009. The winners are:

    Fiction: Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

    Nonfiction: T.J. Stiles, The First Tycoon

    Poetry: Keith Waldrop, Transcendental Studies

    Young People's Literature: Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin

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