Snob Before and After Thackeray
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 14, 2008
Anatoly seeks the origin of “snob”.
Archive for the 'Oxford Etymologist' Category
The Eternal Fascination of OK
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 7, 2008
Anatoly explores the history of OK.
The Oddest English Spellings, or,
Thinking of O. With My Compliments to the Conference of the Spelling Society in Coventry, UK.
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 30, 2008
Anatoly explores the history of spelling with the letter w.
Not All That is Paltry is Trivial, Being a Story of Raggedy-Assed Things and of Several Migratory Rags
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 23, 2008
Anatoly wonders why we double up on names in certain words.
Women Who Walk Heavily or Too Much
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 16, 2008
By Anatoly Liberman
In olden days women were supposed to be sweet, docile, and, if possible, incorporeal. On the other hand, men, subject to the universal law of contrasts, threw their weight about, and, once they “arrived,” demonstrated corpulence. They invented countless offensive words referring to women’s way of walking.
Still in the Bottleneck, or, Chasing for the First Fiasco
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 9, 2008
Anatoly examines the origin of the word fiasco.
How the Protocharlatan Escaped Justice
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 2, 2008
Anatoly explores deeper into charlatan’s history.
Monthly Gleanings
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | March 26, 2008
Anatoly answers questions posed in March.
Some Words Have A Reputation To Live Up To
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | March 19, 2008
Anatoly discusses the origin of charade.
Wild Honey With and Without Locusts, or, The Inconclusive History of the Word Honeymoon
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | March 12, 2008
Anatoly searches for the origin of honeymoon.
