Ammon Shea Digs Into the Historical Thesaurus
Ammon Shea explores the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Ammon Shea explores the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Mark Peters explains when and how to properly use the f-word and its variations.
The podictionary word of the week is “glass”.
Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.
A tricky riddle from Gordon Thompson.
How could you use the HTOED to rewrite the Gettysburg Address?
Anatoly Liberman responds to readers’ questions and comments.
Professor Paul Cartledge on the cities of Ancient Greece.
Dennis Baron, author of A Better Pencil, talks about whether or not we’ll all be authors by 2013.
Harm de Blij looks at Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Elvin Lim on Sarah Palin.
Some facts and figures about the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
The Timeline for the HTOED.
LeeAnna Keith reflects on the role race may have played in the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama.
An excerpt from Golgi: A Biography of the Founder of Modern Neuroscience.
OUP is giving it away to celebrate the National Book Awards!