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Monday Mar 4th, 2013

My favorite insult

William Irvine on secondhand insults
Wednesday Feb 27th, 2013

Monthly etymology gleanings for February 2013

Advocating for the present perfect while arointing Vikings
Wednesday Feb 20th, 2013

Out of Shakespeare: ‘Aroint thee’

Anatoly Liberman investigates this curious phrase
Wednesday Feb 13th, 2013

‘Guests’ and ‘hosts’

Anatoly Liberman on two common words with uncommon etymologies
Sunday
Feb 10th, 2013

‘Dr. Murray, Oxford’: a remarkable Editor

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Wednesday
Feb 6th, 2013

Monthly etymology gleanings for January 2013, part 2

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Wednesday
Feb 6th, 2013

Maybe academics aren’t so stupid after all

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Tuesday
Feb 5th, 2013

Are you still writing 2012 on your tweets?

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Wednesday
Jan 30th, 2013

Monthly etymology gleanings for January 2013, part 1

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Wednesday
Jan 23rd, 2013

Wrenching an etymology out of a monkey

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Tuesday
Jan 22nd, 2013

Do you know your references and allusions?

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Saturday
Jan 19th, 2013

Chaucer in the House of Fame

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Wednesday
Jan 16th, 2013

Drinking vessels: ‘goblet’

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Wednesday
Jan 9th, 2013

How come the past of ‘go’ is ‘went?’

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Monday
Jan 7th, 2013

Words of 2012 round-up

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Monday
Jan 7th, 2013

Holy Court of Owls, Batman!

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