http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-153780 We Love the Century Dictionary | Wordnik ~ all the words Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:03:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-153780 [...] the Century isn’t just big—it’s beautiful, too. To quote expert etymologist Anatoly Liberman, “The Century is one of the great reference works in American history (some would say the [...] [...] the Century isn’t just big—it’s beautiful, too. To quote expert etymologist Anatoly Liberman, “The Century is one of the great reference works in American history (some would say the [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-52775 Ben Zimmer Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:08:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-52775 Word Nanny: Ouch! I hope you read my <a href="http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/corpus-2/" rel="nofollow">latest column</a> for some clarification of the ABC News piece. Word Nanny: Ouch! I hope you read my latest column for some clarification of the ABC News piece.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-52653 Are We Giving Free Rei(g)n to New Spellings? : OUPblog Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:00:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-52653 [...] Tuesday, in celebration of National Dictionary Day, ABC World News with Charles Gibson ran a piece about how some old expressions are being respelled [...] [...] Tuesday, in celebration of National Dictionary Day, ABC World News with Charles Gibson ran a piece about how some old expressions are being respelled [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-52205 The Word Nanny Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:45:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-52205 Assuming tonight's ABC World News report on Dictionary Day was accurate, you should be strung up by your vocal chords (sic) for accepting incorrect forms like "vocal chords" into your dictionary. Assuming tonight’s ABC World News report on Dictionary Day was accurate, you should be strung up by your vocal chords (sic) for accepting incorrect forms like “vocal chords” into your dictionary.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-51919 National Dictionary Day: French : OUPblog Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:15:16 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-51919 [...] Online Resources , Dictionaries , Reference , A-Featured on October 16, 2007 | Share This Happy Dictionary Day! In honor of this wonderful holiday we thought we would introduce you to the Oxford Language [...] [...] Online Resources , Dictionaries , Reference , A-Featured on October 16, 2007 | Share This Happy Dictionary Day! In honor of this wonderful holiday we thought we would introduce you to the Oxford Language [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-51861 Erin Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:01:55 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-51861 Those who want to help celebrate Johnson's 300th should check out the events being scheduled here: http://www.johnson2009.org/ Those who want to help celebrate Johnson’s 300th should check out the events being scheduled here: http://www.johnson2009.org/

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-51527 Junice Taylor Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:02:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-51527 Hi, I love words and your column is right up my alley. Trouble is my memory is not what it was 30 years or so ago. Still have fun throwing out the odd word here and there that make people look at me askance and with an I wonder where she got that and what is it look. Many thanks for your joyous column. Junice Taylor Hi, I love words and your column is right up my alley. Trouble is my memory is not what it was 30 years or so ago. Still have fun throwing out the odd word here and there that make people look at me askance and with an I wonder where she got that and what is it look. Many thanks for your joyous column. Junice Taylor

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/comment-page-1/#comment-51515 dictionary » Dictionary Day is Coming… Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:06:11 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/dictionary_day/#comment-51515 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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