Monthly Gleanings
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | October 31, 2007
Anatoly answers this month’s questions and explains the intriguing history of the words element and hocus pocus.
Archive for October, 2007
Halloween: The Sugar-Coated Holiday
Filed in A-Featured & American History & Current Events & Food and Drink | October 31, 2007
Andrew Smith helps us learn about Halloween.
Patagonia, Argentina
Filed in A-Featured & Ben's Place of the Week & Geography | October 30, 2007
Ben’s Place of the Week is Patagonia, Argentina.
A Few Questions for Laura Pappano
Filed in A-Featured & Politics & Sociology | October 30, 2007
Pappano talks about Playing With The Boys.
Lupus: Marriage, Family, and Sexuality
Filed in A-Featured & Health & Medical Mondays & Science | October 29, 2007
An excerpt from The Lupus Book.
An Oxford Centenary - 100 Years of Medical Publishing
Filed in A-Featured & History & Medical Mondays & Reference & Science | October 29, 2007
A celebration of medical publishing.
Friday Procrastination: Link Love
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs | October 26, 2007
What Rebecca has been reading.
Extending the History of Words: The Case of “Ms.”
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & From A To Zimmer & Lexicography | October 25, 2007
Ben Zimmer introduces us to the sport of antedating.
What is your Word of the Century so far?
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference & UK | October 25, 2007
Can any word sum up the 21st century so far? You tell us in our new poll.
