Celebrated on January 18, the birthday of Peter Mark Roget, author of the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (better known as Roget’s Thesaurus), Thesaurus Day is a celebration of words, their meanings, and the time and care taken to craft writing which avoids monotonous repetition. Thesaurus.com provides us with the following definition for Thesaurus: …
A couple of videos, one featuring John Cleese, the other Jerry Seinfeld, both dealing with creative process. It is interesting to see the discipline involved in creating works, that when presented, seem chaotic on one hand and casual on the other. Firstly, Cleese. (Who looks relatively young in this.) Eric McKiddie has a post in …
Mark Buchanan generously provides us with an excerpt from his upcoming novel David. This section deals with Saul’s daughter, Michal, who would be given to David in a marriage that would end unhappily. The subject of this excerpt is not David though, but Samuel, the prophet who had a very complicated relationship with her father. …
Ampersand is still around, though not considered a letter. But what about Ethel, Thorn, Long S and others? This Mental Floss article is about twelve characters which fell out of English spelling. Interesting background for language wonks and perhaps a useful illustration about things which lose relevance falling out of usage and being forgotten.
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