Dictionaries
Wednesday Nov 30th, 2011
Monthly Gleanings: November 2011
By Anatoly Liberman
It was good to hear from Masha Bell, an ally in the losing battle for reformed spelling. Her remarks can be found at the end of the previous post (it was about su- in sure and sugar), and here I’ll comment briefly only on her questions. read more »
Wednesday Feb 1st, 2012
The deep roots of gaiety
The question about the origin of gay “homosexual” has been asked and answered many times.
Wednesday Jan 18th, 2012
An Etymological Headache
To an etymologist ache is one of the most enigmatic words.
