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Language Lounge
Two for One
Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007
State-of-the-art technology now allows the Loungeurs to detect usage infractions in real-time; this month we share recent findings with our visitors, along with tips that will help you slip your weasel word into the mainstream.
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Blog Excerpts
Career in Linguistics. You Sure?
Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2007
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Blog Du Jour
Writing Communities
Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2007
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Dog Eared
Summer Reading: Books About Language!
Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2007
If you love language, you must check out these book picks before your next read! We contacted language authority Erin McKean to ask her for her summer book suggestions. The editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary and the fantastic Dictionary Evangelist website, she graciously sent us this -- amazing -- reply:
I love recommending books about language to people -- even to people who haven't asked for any language book recommendations, and who have, in fact, asked me for something completely different, such as the time, or directions.
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Word Count
How to Beat the Big Writing Project Blues
Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2007
I'm in the final stages of writing a book. My working title is: The WriteNow System: 8-1/2 steps to writing better, faster. The work's going well, although not quite as quickly as I'd like, which is kind of embarrassing for someone who bills herself as a writing speed expert.
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Blog Excerpts
A Book a Week
Sat Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2007
For 20 years! Becky, the author of A Book A Week blog, has been reading a book a week for, well, over two decades. Why? Read her captivating essays about "The Beggar Maid," "Hunting Badger," "The Last of Her Kind," and on and on, and you'll begin to understand, and maybe, catch the bug, too...
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Dog Eared
Summer Reading: Trashy Novels? Or Social History?
Sat Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2007
Our contributing editor Magda Pecsenye told us about an eventful summer series her book club read a few years ago. It sounded so good we asked her to share it with you:
Our club called the series "Trashy Novels of Yesteryear," picking it because we knew we wouldn't be able to make it through anything more literary during the summer months. But these novels surprised us -- and inspired some of the best discussions we'd ever had. We talked about how the books reflected the social mores and anxieties of the time periods in which they were written, how women's roles have and haven't changed, and how sex and betrayal are timeless themes. Don't rent the movies until after you've read the books.
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Blog Du Jour
Fun Lovin' Linguists
Wed Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2007
In this month's Language Lounge, our columnist Orin Hargraves looks forward to "real-time, hands-on, no-holds-barred action lexicography" at the big Dictionary Society hoedown in Chicago. Couldn't make the confab? No problem: Check out these linguists' websites for a taste of what Orin's talking about:
Café Mo
piloklok
English, Jack
A Roguish Chrestomathy
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Teachers at Work
Books Your Kid Should Read
Wed Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2007
Ah, summertime. Ah, summer reading time! But what books should your kids bury their noses into this vacation? Enter super librarian Nancy Pearl. A veteran bookophile, commentator on NPR, and the model for a Librarian Action Figure doll (really), Nancy has introduced thousands of kids to great reads. She's the author of the popular Book Lust and Book Crush, which recommends books for elementary to high school students. We talked to Nancy about this summer's reading:
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Lesson Plans
Introducing Synonyms to Early Writers
Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2007
This lesson introduces students to the basic concept of a synonym and how varying vocabulary usage through synonyms can enhance their writing. Students will also synthesize their understanding of synonyms and the Visual Thesaurus by playing "Synonym Charades," a fun guessing game where students will figure out original book or movie titles based on synonym clues.
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