Monthly Gleanings: May 2009
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
Anatoly answers questions.
Anatoly answers questions about word origins.
Anatoly answers questions.
Anatoly’s second installment of January gleanings.
Anatoly’s January gleanings.
Anatoly’s November gleanings.
Hello. In connection a previous post, I received two questions about the word ‘hello’. The first concerned the repertory of h-interjections in the languages of the world. In 1924 Ernst Schwentner brought out a booklet titled ‘The Primary Interjections in the Indo-European Languages’ (in German).
Anatoly Liberman answers questions based on last month’s posts.
Anatoly answers questions.
Anatoly Liberman answers questions.
Anatoly answers questions.
Questions for the month are answered.
Anatoly answers questions posed in March.
Anatoly responds to comments on spelling reform.
Anatoly responds to comments on spelling reform.