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
Wednesday May 2nd, 2012

Further Adventures of Scr-words, or, the Taming of ‘Shrew’

Shrimp, Shrew, Shrewd, Screw, Shrink, Shrug
Wednesday Apr 25th, 2012

Monthly Etymology Gleanings for April 2012

Is loan a verb? Can you turn up missing? Is this between you and I?
Wednesday
Apr 18th, 2012

A scrumptious shrimp with a riddle

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Wednesday
Apr 4th, 2012

The Seasons, Part 3: Rainy Winter?

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Wednesday
Mar 28th, 2012

Monthly Etymology Gleanings for March

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Wednesday
Mar 21st, 2012

The Seasons, part 2. From three to four, summer.

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Wednesday
Mar 14th, 2012

The Seasons, part 1: spring and fall

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Wednesday
Mar 7th, 2012

Monthly Gleanings, February 2012, part 2

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Wednesday
Feb 29th, 2012

Monthly Gleanings for February 2012, Part 1

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Wednesday
Feb 22nd, 2012

Oh Dude, you are so welcome

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Wednesday
Feb 15th, 2012

Balderdash: A no-nonsense word

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Wednesday
Feb 1st, 2012

The deep roots of gaiety

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Wednesday
Jan 25th, 2012

Monthly Gleanings: January 2012

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