On this day in 1828, Webster published his "An American Dictionary of the English Language".
Noah Webster,
Word herder.
Herded words from A to Z
Into "An American Dictionary"
What comes to mind when you think of Webster?
@MerriamWebster
Here's one way to describe it: a hyphen is a short horizontal line. An apostrophe is a curved vertical line.
Strange but true: "Limerick Writers' Centre" is not
about limerick writing. 😜
limerickwriterscentre.com/
"Find a pair of awesome."
Is adjective the new noun? Read about it at wordsmith.org/words/allicien…
Mickey Mouse may be a lovable cartoon character, but he is also responsible for the "bizarre 20-year hiatus between the release of works" between 1922 & 1923 smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult…
Words, wordplay, puzzles ... and stroke.
Read Anu Garg's piece in today's New York TImes
nytimes.com/2018/12/19/cross…
A joke that you cannot tell:
How do you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?
Ask them to pronounce 'unionized'.
But you can share it in writing.
"In the early days, etymology was much easier."
smbc-comics.com/comic/rock
Pay attention to what your English teacher tells you about the punctuation. One misplaced comma and you unwittingly end up admitting you're a conman. xitter.cf/realDonaldTrump/status…
“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!
IHOP became IHOb became IHOB. Microsoft could become Wicrosoft.
What corporations can you help reinvent themselves by flipping a letter in their names?
wordsmith.org/words/binnacle…
@IHOP
Today I learned a new word, one that applies to me:
Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
bbc.co.uk/news/world-4498101…
“parents in South Korea have their children undergo a form of surgery that snips off a thin band of tissue under the tongue … because they believe it will make their children speak English better"
theguardian.com/news/2018/ju…
I have no words.
Reader Bhavna Jha wrote about shunpike in A.Word.A. Day wordsmith.org/words/shunpike…:
"Stan Shunpike seemed like an innocuous name ... I should have known @jk_rowling better than to believe that the name of such a colourful character would have been left to mere chance!
Looks like the author of this article has never stepped into a library
forbes.com/sites/panosmourdo…