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Phylfo

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FAVORITE WORD
abecedarian
Listen to the pronunciation, but hold on to your hat!
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LEAST FAVORITE WORD
crepuscle
There could not be a grosser sounding word for twilight. Ick.
FAVORITE TOPICS:
Books:
"Babel No More": Facts and Fables of Linguistic Superheroes
January 13, 2012 - 11 Comments
"From Elvish to Klingon": An Impressive Overview of Conlang-ology
December 16, 2011 - 3 Comments
Creativity:
Word Lovin' Iconoclast
October 10, 2007 - 6 Comments
Dictionaries:
The Birth of "Webster's Dictionary"
October 17, 2011 - 3 Comments
In Dictionary Battle, Scrabblers Become Squabblers
September 15, 2011 - 4 Comments
Fiction writing:
Reading Jane
October 1, 2008 - 6 Comments
The Stuff of Fiction
May 1, 2008 - 15 Comments
Fun:
The Lin-guistics of Lin-sanity
February 17, 2012 - 3 Comments
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012 - 9 Comments
Grammar:
Grammar Bite: Making Media Agree
November 17, 2011 - 6 Comments
Ice Water, Ice Cream, but No Ice Tea!
October 13, 2011 - 4 Comments
How to write:
Free Your Writing from Buzzwords
August 24, 2010 - 26 Comments
The Power of Short Words
March 11, 2010 - 22 Comments
Language:
"Meh"? "Fail"? GOP Debate Elicits Words of Disappointment
February 23, 2012
The Lin-guistics of Lin-sanity
February 17, 2012 - 3 Comments
Language arts:
Nouns on the Loose
January 20, 2012 - 5 Comments
Getting at Connotation by Interviewing a Word
December 15, 2011
Linguistics:
"Babel No More": Facts and Fables of Linguistic Superheroes
January 13, 2012 - 11 Comments
"From Elvish to Klingon": An Impressive Overview of Conlang-ology
December 16, 2011 - 3 Comments
Linguists:
An Eggcorn with Your Mondegreen?
December 6, 2006 - 14 Comments
Naming:
Now Pitching in the World Series: The Man They Call "Scrabble"
October 21, 2011 - 6 Comments
"Microstyle": The Word Factory
August 11, 2011 - 2 Comments
Poetry:
Beyond Words: Getting Animated About Poetry
March 16, 2011 - 5 Comments
To a Thesaurus
January 26, 2010 - 4 Comments
Reading:
SAT Reading Scores Keep Declining: What Should Teachers Do?
September 21, 2011 - 3 Comments
Word Nerds: Amalgamate! Online Resources for Teaching Vocabulary
January 14, 2008 - 10 Comments
Spelling:
What's a Misle?
December 7, 2011
Now Pitching in the World Series: The Man They Call "Scrabble"
October 21, 2011 - 6 Comments
Usage:
"Meh"? "Fail"? GOP Debate Elicits Words of Disappointment
February 23, 2012
The Story Behind "Fulsome"
February 22, 2012 - 2 Comments
Vocabulary:
The Story Behind "Fulsome"
February 22, 2012 - 2 Comments
Confused about "Censor" vs. "Censure"?
February 9, 2012
Word Origins:
The Story Behind "Fulsome"
February 22, 2012 - 2 Comments
Yule Love This
December 21, 2011 - 5 Comments
Words:
"Meh"? "Fail"? GOP Debate Elicits Words of Disappointment
February 23, 2012
The Story Behind "Fulsome"
February 22, 2012 - 2 Comments
Writers:
"Not to Put Too Fine a Point Upon It": How Dickens Helped Shape the Lexicon
February 3, 2012 - 12 Comments
David Henry Hwang Traverses the Language Barrier in "Chinglish"
October 27, 2011 - 2 Comments
Writing:
Little Commas Make Big Waves
November 11, 2011 - 17 Comments
David Henry Hwang Traverses the Language Barrier in "Chinglish"
October 27, 2011 - 2 Comments