Monthly Gleanings: January 2007
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
English is a language of limitless opportunities. Strange things happen in it. Some words are spelled alike but pronounced differently: ‘bow’ (the bow of a ship) and ‘bow’ (bow and arrows); ‘row’ (she kicked up a row) and ‘row’ (the front row); ‘permit’ (the verb) and ‘permit’ (the noun).
Anatoly Liberman’s weekly column. The Oddest English Spellings Part Six.
Anatoly Liberman’s weekly column.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the many meanings of the word “troll.”
Anatoly Liberman’s Monthly Gleanings.
Anatoly Liberman weekly column.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the origins of the phrase “Attaboy!”
Anatoly Liberman looks at filler words, like and you know.
Anatoly Liberman answers some questions readers have submitted.
Superstitions, unlike knowledge, spread quickly. Students’ spelling breaks every instructor’s heart, and we ask ourselves the question: How did so many people from all over the country, come to the unanimous conclusion that occurrence should be spelled occurance? It is, I believe, a huge conspiracy.
Anatoly Liberman’s weekly column.
Oddest English Spellings, Part 5.
Anatoly weights in on Slang.
Monthly Gleanings.
Anatoly Liberman ponders longevity.