Historical Thesaurus Week – Christian Kay reflects
Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.
Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.
Anatoly Liberman’s monthly gleanings.
Anatoly looks at oof and
Oxford Etymologist, Anatoly Liberman, traces the roots of the word “yeomen.”
Anatoly looks at the word “theodolite”.
Anatoly answers questions.
Anatoly explores the origins of the word ‘pet.’
What Cassie has been reading this week.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Anatoly’s second installment of January gleanings.
Anatoly’s January gleanings.
In the course of this month, two journalists have approached me with questions related to political scandals. My answers, neither of which has been printed in full, may perhaps interest the readers of our blog. They regarded the typicality of phrases such as Ponzi schemes, and using names as verbs.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Anatoly Liberman looks into the Dutch origins of words.
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
Cassie reads a dictionary of slang and shares some of the great words she finds.