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Devilish Dictionaries

Nicola di Bowery wrote 1 week ago: Wise-guy lexicographer Paul Dickson, a consulting editor at Merriam-Webster, has long held the recor … more →

Tags: Almanacco Letture [Reading], mobylives, Merriam Webster, Benjamini Franklin, Drunk, The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary

* Editor interview: Paul Dickson (con't.)

ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: Last week we ran the first part of a Q&A with editor Paul Dickson from VisualThesaurus.com. Here … more →

Tags: Research, Author Profile / interview, Reference, 2009 title, baseball dictionary

* Editor interview: Paul Dickson1 comment

ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: From the Visual Thesaurus website, comes the first of a two-part Q&A with the editor of The Dick … more →

Tags: Research, Author Profile / interview, Reference, Academic/scholarly journals, baseball dictionary

* "Dictionary" Dickson project freshens up classic baseball titles

ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: Dover Publications, under the direction of contributing editor Paul Dickson, has just begun a series … more →

Tags: History, Classic title, Annoucements, autobiography, Biography, Baseball Books

* An ode to Paul Dickson

ronkaplan wrote 5 months ago: Thanks to Gabriel Schechter, author of This Bad Day in Yankees History, who delivered the following … more →

Tags: Academic/scholarly journals, Baseball Poetry, Oddballs, baseball dictionary, Gabriel Schechter

* Dickensian, out; Dicksonian, in

ronkaplan wrote 5 months ago: With all the rave reviews Paul Dickson’s Baseball Dictionary has received this year, I wouldn … more →

Tags: Reviews from other sources, Research, Author Profile / interview, Reference, Non-Fiction, 2009 title, baseball dictionary

The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary By Paul Dickson

allbaseball wrote 7 months ago: Check it out: The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary:“A cyclopedic reference to more than 7,000 w … more →

Tags: Books, Reference, Baseball, Baseball Reference, dictionary, All Baseball, allbaseball, baseballismylife.com, ISBN 978-0156005807

* What's that you say?1 comment

ronkaplan wrote 7 months ago: Congratulations to Paul Dickson, author of the eponymous Baseball Dictionary, which was cited in Wil … more →

Tags: Research, Magazines, Reference, 2009 title, baseball dictionary

* RK Review: The Unwritten Rules of Baseball

ronkaplan wrote 7 months ago: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime, by Paul Dickson (Co … more →

Tags: Lists, 2009 title, Interview by Ron Kaplan, Baseball quotations, rules of baseball

* You can look it up

ronkaplan wrote 7 months ago: As Casey Stengel used to say. The Seattle Times posted this review of Paul Dickson’s latest ed … more →

Tags: Reviews from other sources, Research, Reference, Commentary, 2009 title, Baseball Dicitonary

Families have languages of their own7 comments

Wordnut wrote 8 months ago: Years ago, when she was very young, my daughter came down the stairs and into the den and asked, … more →

Tags: language, Vocabulary, WorDs, Family Words, Family, Family Humor

* Author interview/National Pastime Radio: Paul Dickson

ronkaplan wrote 8 months ago: Dickson, author of the third edition of his eponymous Baseball Dictionary, was the subject of this r … more →

Tags: Author Profile / interview, Audio, Reference, 2009 title, national public radio

* The Great Experiment

ronkaplan wrote 10 months ago: (No, not Jackie Robinson. Actually this should probably be called the tiny experiment.) I spoke with … more →

Tags: Author profile/interview by Ron Kaplan, New Title, Older title, Audio, Reference, 2009 title, Baseball Reference, baseball dictionary

Monday Night Thoughts - About Baseball3 comments

DJB wrote 1 year ago: It breaks your heart.  It is designed to break your heart.  The game begins in the spring, when ever … more →

Tags: Baseball, A. Barlett Giamatti, Baseball's Greatest Quotations, Choo Choo Coleman, Reggie Jackson, Tom Seaver, Mickey Rivers, Lou Piniella, Mike Royko

Satellites, a visit to China, Nazi war criminals and stock day trading in Shen Zhen. How far will we go to keep ahead of the game? Some thoughts after reading “Sputnik” by Paul Dickson.1 comment

hodsbookshelf wrote 1 year ago:   HBS rating: Good Fun whos should read: Tech lovers East VS’ west interesandos What helped dr … more →

Tags: History / technology, China, LBJ, NASA, orbit, Rocket, Russian, Satellite, shen zhen


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