March 22, 2013

‘Nough Said

When people first begin to study English orthography with me (and my scholarship community), one of the hardest things to swallow is that the trigraph <ugh> […]
May 3, 2013

Summer Seminars and Beyond

I am wholly delinquent in posting about the March seminars in greater Chicago and greater Philadelphia. I have a great working title, though: “True Friends.” It’ll […]
May 21, 2013

Illustrated Etymology

A friend just pointed me to this site, Illustrated Etymology, where creative types illustrate the histories of words, as researched by the incomparable Douglas Harper on […]