The Oddest and Dumbest English Spellings, Part 15, With a Note on Words and Things
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of words with silent letters.
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of words with silent letters.
A special podictionary episode with Philip Durkin.
Anatoly Liberman examines meaning of the word Kike.
Jesse Sheidlower is Editor at Large of the Oxford English Dictionary and author of The F-Word. Recognized as one of the foremost authorities on obscenity in English, he has written about language for a great many publications, including a recent article on Slate. Here, Jesse discusses the criteria for including certain words or obscenities in […]
The podictionary word of the week is “duck”.
Anatoly Liberman examines the history behind the words ocean and sea.
Bryan A. Garner’s tip of the day.
The podictionary word of the week is “Karaoke”.
Anatoly Liberman’s monthly gleanings.
The podictionary word of the week is “walrus”.
Anatoly Liberman discovers connections between the origins of the words cobbler and clobber.
A podcast about the word “hobbit”.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the word “chestnut.”
The podictionary word of the week is “tragus”.
Anatoly looks at oof and
The podictionary word of the week is “class”.