Archive for the 'UK' Category

Historical Thesaurus: On dealing with the press interest

Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.

The Killer Trail: The Voulet-Chanoine Mission

An excerpt from The Killer Trail by Bertrand Taithe.

Historical Thesaurus: On Categories

Professor Christian Kay on categorization in the HTOED.

The Ring of Words: From Winterfilth to Blotmath

Senior OED editor Edmund Weiner, one of the authors of The Ring of Words, on Tolkien’s language.

Historical Thesaurus: On Kinship

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

Gaspard de Coligny and the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

An excerpt from Martyrs and Murderers by Stuart Carroll.

Friday Procrastination: UK Link Love

What Kirsty has been reading in Oxford this week.

Historical Thesaurus Week – Christian Kay reflects

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

No peace for a Cambridge Classics don

Professor Paul Cartledge on the cities of Ancient Greece.

The Historical Thesarus of the Oxford English Dictionary: Some fun facts and figures
Historial Thesaurus Week

Some facts and figures about the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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