Yes Justice Scalia, There Were Patents Relating To Training Horses in the 1890s; But More Importantly, We Need Them Today
Can you patent horse training?
November 2009
Eight reasons to unfriend someone on Facebook
If you haven’t already heard, ‘unfriend’ is the New Oxford American Dictionary ‘Word of the Year’. In honor of this announcement, I surveyed Facebook users across the country about why they would choose to unfriend someone. The results ranged from robots and rages, to baby photos and politics.
Ponytail Pulling is Bad (but awfully good for women’s sports)
Laura Pappano discusses Elizabeth Lambert’s hair-pulling and sportsmanship in women’s athletics.
Midwife – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “midwife”.
Historical Thesaurus: On dealing with the press interest
Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.
Finding the Word of the Year
Ammon Shea reveals how the Oxford Word of the Year is chosen.
Etymology as a Battlefield: Whitsunday
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of Whitsunday.
The Killer Trail: The Voulet-Chanoine Mission
An excerpt from The Killer Trail by Bertrand Taithe.
Five Things You Never Knew about West Side Story
Geoffrey Block share five facts about West Side Story.
On whether KSM deserves Vengeance or Justice
Elvin Lim comments on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s upcoming trial in New York for the September 11th attacks within the context of justice in our legal system.
Hysteria: A Circus
An excerpt from Hysteria: The Biography.
Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend
Birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am joyful in the morning without caffeine. Why? Because it is Word of the Year time (or WOTY as we refer to it around the office). Every year the ‘New Oxford American Dictionary’ celebrates the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year.
Gillian Saunders Podcast:
Place of the Year 2009
Get some first hand perspective on the changes South Africa has seen since winning the 2010 World Cup bid.
Three South African Exports: Place of the Year 2009
Jake Kraft looks at one of South Africa’s biggest exports: its people.
Friday procrastination: link love – cloud computing, vaccines and fall poetry
What Rebecca has been reading.
A Photo Journal of South Africa:
Place of the Year 2009
Helen Eaton and Dewi Jackson share photos of their trip to South Africa.