#language
- Orseradish· Herb vs. ‘erb:
- Aye· The Online Etymology Dictionary:
- Put My Comp-Sci Skills To Work· While discussing a New York Times article on L33T speak invading schools, one slashdotter ends up reworking The Lord’s Prayer with modern idioms:
- Speakeasy· Random Word Generator. Favourites so far include wagenegle, framelechable, scrudicturns, bylarlous, lubbses, sistral, bitwences, tection, lovememons and…
- Faakin jingall jangall· Chatham Girls (Last All Summer Long?)
- Key Words· …and Tricky Phrases for Emergency Medical Personnel.
- Break out the Mead· After 72 years, the Dictionary of Middle English is finally finished.
- Joining Tiny Dots· Pondering the original source of the phrase “and besides, the wench is dead” after noticing it in the author’s notes for Walter Tevis’ The Hustler and the…
- From the no-excuses dept.· Strunk’s The Elements of Style available online at the excellent Bartleby.com. Other useful texts: Emily Post’s Etiquette in Society, in Business, in…