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Palimpsest

Posted on Friday, 18 March 2011 by

While it may seem so, I’m not overly attracted to words that begin with the letter P. I do, however, have a different confession to make about this Friday’s Word of the Week: it’s not a new word. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Word of the Week: Panopticon

Posted on Friday, 4 March 2011 by

I will begin with my foible. The book I’ve got my nose in these days is The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. I didn’t really expect to find a lot of unfamiliar words, so I thought my word of the … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Word of the Week

Posted on Friday, 25 February 2011 by

One of the joys of reading is discovering that I still need the dictionary.  I seem to have a vocabulary that is large enough to handle most of the words that I encounter in my usual or typical reading material. … Continue reading →

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Liberal

Posted on Monday, 26 July 2010 by

I was sent this BBC article to read a few days ago by a person who knows my love of words and also my left-leaning political views. It is an interesting article, a mix of politics and linguistics (there’s just … Continue reading →

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The Lazy Days of Summer

Posted on Friday, 24 July 2009 by

I’ve got some pieces in the works, but my entire month has been utterly consumed by my summer classes, so until I can finish them, here’s a quick overview of what’s been consuming me. I’m teaching two sections of Composition … Continue reading →

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