Monthly Gleanings, Part Two
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | July 1, 2009
Anatoly Liberman’s monthy gleanings.
Archive for the 'Oxford Etymologist' Category
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 Evasive Yeoman
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 17, 2009
Oxford Etymologist, Anatoly Liberman, traces the roots of the word “yeomen.”
Can You Trust Your (Etymological) Dictionary?
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 10, 2009
Anatoly Liberman demonstrates the difficulty of tracing the origins of every day words–especially considering the lack of consensus among linguists.
English Is Astoundingly Like Russian, But What About French?
(The Origin of the Word Bistro)
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 3, 2009
Anatoly looks at the word “bistro”.
Monthly Gleanings: May 2009
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 27, 2009
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
Seething in Etymological Vacuity (The Story of Theodolite)
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 20, 2009
Anatoly looks at the word “theodolite”.
Wednesday’s Father
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 13, 2009
Anatoly looks at the origin of the word “Wednesday”.
I Say Draft, You Say Draught, Or, The Oddest English Spellings (Part 13)
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | May 6, 2009
Anatoly analyzes some interesting differences in spelling and pronunciation between American and British English.
Monthly Gleanings: April 2009
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 29, 2009
Anatoly answers questions.
