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Writing practice

writingincorrales wrote 3 months ago: Every Monday night in Corrales, the members of Writing, lying and telling the truth engage in what w … more →

Tags: Writing Group, Writing Prompts, timed writing, Writing practice

10 Best and Worst Words in the English Language

anastasiatrombly wrote 4 months ago: Best: 10. yule 9. yield 8. miniscule 7. stool 6. six 5. mortuary 4. goblin 3. genocide 2. forgetfuln … more →

Tags: Lists, best words, WorDs, Worst Words

Amusing Oxymorons

coolrain44 wrote 6 months ago: Definition of Oxymoron Oxymorons are literary figures of speech usually composed of a pair of neighb … more →

Tags: Amusing & Humorous Observations, express yourself, Word Challenges, Amusing words, contradictory words, Funny Words, opposite meanings, oxymoron, words that contradict

Save the Words2 comments

acilius wrote 8 months ago: A website devoted to the preservation and revival of very obscure English words. http://www.savethew … more →

Tags: language

The Phrontistery

Sarah wrote 9 months ago: http://phrontistery.info/ This is a great site for all the word lovers!  (And all those who answer t … more →

Tags: All, English, Grammar & Writing, phrontistery, scrabble, etymology, English language, rare words, obscure words

Brill's Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics

useibert wrote 1 year ago: Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics is a new peer-reviewed international f … more →

Tags: Announcements, publications, Election 2008 - Delaware, Afroasiatic

The 86,800 Commonest English Words4 comments

acilius wrote 1 year ago: Are these, apparently. … more →

Tags: language

Words ending in "ism"10 comments

acilius wrote 1 year ago: Here’s an attractively designed webpage listing a few words that end in “ism.”  I … more →

Tags: language, onelook

On Teaching Vocabulary2 comments

Paul wrote 1 year ago: Estimates exist that vocabularies can consist of 60,000 to 80,000 words or more by graduation from h … more →

Tags: Language Teaching, teaching vocabulary, developmental order

The Rush of Words

Kim Justesen wrote 1 year ago: I had the distinct pleasure of working with two groups of young writers last week.  The Write-On Wri … more →

Tags: Blogroll, writing, The Business Side of Writing, Write-On kids workshop, details in writing, Writing Challenges

The Unseemly Solicitation of Words2 comments

Justin Capps wrote 1 year ago: As megalomaniacal pseudo-intellectuals are wont to do, I am not only pretentious and awful at writin … more →

Tags: Justin Capps, Arts, Books, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, WorDs, Nerds, Art

A couple of word lists2 comments

acilius wrote 1 year ago: Words ending in -phobia.  http://phobialist.com/ Contronyms, that is to say, words with two directly … more →

Tags: language

A new website for the Ron-Kulere speaking world

useibert wrote 1 year ago: A month ago I launched Ron-Kulere meeting place, a new website for the Ron-Kulere speaking world. So … more →

Tags: Research in Progress, Recordings, Websites, unpublished, Chadic, Ron, Kulere

English Chinese Vocabulary (chinese-tools.com)

carlfordham wrote 1 year ago: http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/vocabulary … more →

Tags: Links, Expressions, Vocabulary, Themes

Ting Chinese English Study Center

carlfordham wrote 1 year ago: http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/topics/topics.html … more →

Tags: Links, Expressions, Vocabulary

Slow Start5 comments

acilius wrote 2 years ago: So the blog is off to a slow start.  I haven’t had much time lately for the sort of wide-rangi … more →

Tags: AboutTheBlog, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Larry Trask, Viewmaster

Chadic links collection: feel free to contribute

hausaonline wrote 2 years ago: In one of the first posts, I mentioned Web resources for African Languages, a private website run by … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Announcements, publications, Reviews, Research in Progress, Recordings, Websites, Conferences, Election 2008 - Delaware

Chadic languages on SIL Cameroon Website

hausaonline wrote 2 years ago: SIL Cameroon has a website where — besides other information — one can find details abou … more →

Tags: Research in Progress, Websites, Election 2008 - Delaware, Chadic, Lagwan, Mbuko, Buduma, Gabri, Mafa

Documents available for download at IRD

hausaonline wrote 2 years ago: A number of previously published documents on Chadic languages (mostly in French) can be downloaded … more →

Tags: publications, Websites, Election 2008 - Delaware, Papers, Chadic, Higi, Cameroon, Chad, Mofu-Gudur


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