The OED is 80: The OED and the Historical Thesaurus
Exciting news about the Historical Thesaurus of English, coming in late 2009.
Exciting news about the Historical Thesaurus of English, coming in late 2009.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the use of the split infinitive.
Ben’s place of the week is Bialowieski National Park, Poland.
Among the many interesting talks from senior editors of the OED, this morning we had Fiona McPherson telling us about how a new word is added, and the processes they go through to do it. Fiona and her team collect suggestions for words (or “lexical items”) to be added in a variety of ways.
Sarah Russo’s first entry about her trip to Oxford to celebrate the OED’s 80th birthday.
Some fascinating facts about the Oxford English Dictionary
On this day in history, October 14th, the Battle of Hastings was fought.
Sarah Russo twitters the OED’s birthday celebrations.
This is a Democratic year, so an argument can be made that because John McCain is fortune’s knave, he just has no chance this year. But he’s definitely not helping his cause. This is a time when Americans are looking at the plunging Dow Jones, and the McCain campaign is talking about Bill Ayers?
Bauer reflects on the origins of A Mind Apart.
What Cassie has been reading this week.
The podictionary word of the week is “pandemonium”.
Peters explores the word “Cylon”.
Ammon Shea tells us why book spines inspire him.
Anatoly Liberman relates his adventures with plurals.
A tale to help us celebrate Yom Kippur.