Sometimes the light of language shines so bright as to blind a person.This week I've had cause to encounter the ...

"Worth the wait!""Endlessly fascinating.""Another excellent lesson!""What you are doing is great!""My brain is buzzing with ideas . . .""This evening's ...

One of the reasons I don't post here as often as I'd like -- certainly not as often as I ...

I've been known to say that silent letters are stories waiting to be told, but this is a story about ...

Update: Due to an overwhelming response, inquiries for this training opportunity have been closed. I'm inviting a small group of ...

The Old English digraph <eo> is often rendered in present-day English as a double <e>: deor/deer fleos/fleece seon/see neodian/need fleot/fleet ...

Update: Please contact us for currently scheduled LEXinars! LEX is pleased to announce the first offerings of LEXinars, offerings for ...

Although I spent my college years and a summer in New England, I never made it to Maine. I'm pleased ...

One of the many casualties of the Polar Vortex this past horrible winter was the one-day workshop I had planned ...

This winter. That's all, just this winter. At least in the U.S., this winter! This winter forced me to cancel ...

In the five years since my serious spelling work began, I've traveled to France and Canada, and all over the ...

Last year, more than 50 people gathered in Greater Philadelphia to explore how language evolves and the history of English—the ...