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  1. Blog Du Jour

     Book Review Blogs
    Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

    The book review sections of major newspapers are branching out to the blogosphere.

    Washington Post: Short Stack

    New York Times: Paper Cuts

    The Guardian: Books

  2. Word Routes

     Skedaddle, Scadoodle, Skidoo, Skadoosh!
    Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    In Sunday's Boston Globe I fill in for Jan Freeman, who writes a regular language column called "The Word." My topic is a silly new word that appears in the movie "Kung Fu Panda": skadoosh. It came from the fertile mind of Jack Black, voice of Po the Panda, who was inspired by an equally silly old slang expression, 23 skidoo. And skidoo probably came from scadoodle, which in turn is a variant of skedaddle. Whew!

  3. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: June Edition
    Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    There's an extra-fiendish twist to this month's crossword puzzle. Figure it out and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  4. Announcements

     Introducing... The VT Spelling Bee!
    Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    We're very pleased to announce a brand-new feature: the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee! Taking advantage of our high-quality audio pronunciations, we've created a quiz that will sharpen your spelling skills and expand your vocabulary. And as everyone here in the office can attest, the quiz is downright addictive.

  5. Blog Excerpts

     Acting American
    Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2008

    Which British television actors are best at pulling off American accents? Readers of BBC's Radio Times give cheers to Hugh Laurie of "House" and jeers to Michelle Ryan of "Bionic Woman."

  6. Word Routes

     A Contretemps over Newspaper Vocabulary
    Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    The "Letters to the Editor" section of the Los Angeles Times has featured some heated discussion about what kind of vocabulary is suitable for printing in a newspaper. And no, this doesn't have anything to do with the "seven dirty words" famously satirized by the late lamented George Carlin. Instead, it's about some moderately challenging vocab items that you might expect to find on a Visual Thesaurus word list.

  7. Dog Eared

     Are Newspapers Dying?
    Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2008

    Journalism experts grapple with how the newspaper industry can survive the digital age.

    The Vanishing Newspaper

    Digital Journalism

    -30-: The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper

    Digitizing the News

  8. Blog Du Jour

     Jane Austen Blogs
    Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2008

    The cult of Jane is as strong as ever. Take a stroll through these blogs for all things Austenian.

    Jane Austen Today

    Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

    Austenprose

    Jane Austen's World

    Austen-tatious

  9. Teachers at Work

     Those Who Do Not Know History Are Doomed to Fail English, Part II
    Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    Okay, y'all, last month's column wore me out. So I turned off the interweb, rested my mouse-clickin' hand, and took a nap with Julie Andrews' wonderful memoir, Home, on my chest. Now, as I promised, I'm back with more resources to help teachers get their students to grasp literature through historical context.

  10. Word Routes

     Mailbag Friday: "Bamboozle"
    Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2008

    Welcome to a new feature on Word Routes: Mailbag Friday! This is where we answer your questions about the origins and evolving usage of words and phrases. If you've got a burning question, just click here and we'll do our best to address it in a future installment of Mailbag Friday.

    First up is Lisa W. of Smyrna, DE, who writes: "Our youngest son earned the nickname 'The Bamboozler' at an early age, for his uncanny ability to outwit his unsuspecting parents. That got me thinking, where does the word bamboozle come from?"
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