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Words, words, words

Friday, May 15, 2009

There seems to be an online community for every conceivable interest these days. Some of the most amusing, in my book, are online havens for grammar nerds. Oh, the squabbling over minutiae! Oh, the factions: prescriptivists battling descriptivists! It’s an anthropology graduate student’s dream come true!
At the same time, it is comforting to know that [...]

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Save the Words!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Savethewords.org gives words dropped from common usage, and thereby from the dictionary, a second chance at life! Scroll over the screen, and abandoned and neglected words cry out for your attention: “Pick me!” “Yes, yes, me!” (You can disable the yelling, if you find it really annoying.) If you discover a word that deserves to [...]

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