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Brick – Podictionary Word of the Day

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | November 5, 2009

The podictionary word of the week is “brick”.

 
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Historical Thesaurus: On Kinship

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Reference & UK | November 5, 2009

Professor Christian Kay from the HTOED team blogs about one of her favourite sections of the Historical Thesaurus.

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How to Call Someone “Stupid” in Old English
Historical Thesaurus Week

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference | October 30, 2009

Judy Pearsall (OUP’s Reference Publishing Manager) explains how you might call someone “stupid” in Old English.

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Ammon Shea Digs Into the Historical Thesaurus
Historical Thesaurus Week

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference | October 29, 2009

Ammon Shea explores the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Glass – Podictionary Word of the Day

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | October 29, 2009

The podictionary word of the week is “glass”.

 
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Historical Thesaurus Week – Christian Kay reflects

Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Dictionaries & Reference & UK | October 29, 2009

Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.

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Rewriting The Gettysburg Address:
Historical Thesaurus Week

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Prose & Reference | October 28, 2009

How could you use the HTOED to rewrite the Gettysburg Address?

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Introducing The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Historical Thesaurus Week

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference & Serial Blogging | October 26, 2009

The Timeline for the HTOED.

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Ketchup – Podictionary Word of the Day

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | October 22, 2009

The podictionary word of the week is “ketchup”.

 
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Podictionary Interview – Philip Durkin

Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | October 15, 2009

A special podictionary episode with Philip Durkin.

 
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