Dictionaries
Wednesday May 16th, 2012
After ‘shrimp’ comes ‘prawn’
The elusive origin of the word for the sea creature
Wednesday May 9th, 2012
The Oddest English Spellings, Part 20
The short and the long of it, or, going crisscross: good versus mood and flood; friend versus fiend
Friday May 4th, 2012
‘If you want anything said, ask Mrs Thatcher’
The memorable words of the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Thursday May 3rd, 2012
The bizarre history of the Oxford Latin Dictionary
Slow progress, the war, madness, and reference
