Celebrate – Podictionary Word of the Day
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | July 2, 2009
Archive for the 'Reference' Category
Monthly Gleanings, Part Two
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | July 1, 2009
Anatoly Liberman’s monthy gleanings.
The ABC’s of Law
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Dictionaries & Law & Reference | June 30, 2009
Some excerpts from the Oxford Dictionary of Law.
OUP USA on The AAP/ Authors Guild Settlement With Google
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Current Events & Literature & Media & Online Resources | June 29, 2009
OUP USA President Tim Barton has published a detailed overview and position statement regarding the AAP/Authors Guild Settlement with Google which can be found here. Below is a brief excerpt from the piece.
“…What once seemed at least debatable has now become irrefutable: If it’s not online, it’s invisible. While increasing numbers of long-out-of-date, public-domain books [...]
Daisy – Podictionary Word of the Day
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | June 25, 2009
Anyone for Tennis?
Filed in A-Featured & Leisure & Reference & UK | June 25, 2009
A selection of tennis-related words of wisdom from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
June Ends (and so did May)
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 24, 2009
Anatoly Liberman chronicles the development of the “American variety of English” from its colonial origins through today.
The ABC’s of Education
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Education & Reference | June 23, 2009
Some excerpts from the Oxford Dictionary of Education.
Friday Procrastination: Link Love
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Dictionaries & Leisure & Literature & Media & Politics & Science | June 19, 2009
What Cassie has been reading this week.
From nom de plume to el cheapo: Pseudo-foreign words
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference & UK | June 19, 2009
Not all foreign-sounding words are quite what they seem.
