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Arty Words
Seeing words in a new way at the Whitney Biennial.
Bethump'd with Words
Looking for a new word game? Although it's been around for awhile, you may not have heard about Bethump'd with Words. Find out more.
Happy Halloween
A virtual trick-or-treat trek for Halloween.
Fourteen and a half pounds of words
The fifth edition of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary has just been published with more than 3,000 new words.
Dictionary Lady spreads the word across U.S.
Mary French, the "Dictionary Lady" expands her idea across the nation as more third-graders receive their first dictionary.
Want a chance to win $2500 with words and music?
Summer doldrums hit yet? Why not put a little sparkle in your summer days at home and write a song? You might just win $2500 and help people learn to read at the same time.
Keep the Words during Summer Vacation
Reading and writing can be fun for children during summer.
Words: from literature to song
Do it all - promote literacy, "inspire someone to read (even if it's you)" and get some cool, cool tunes. Find out about Songs Inspired by Literature Chapter One CD. Words and music - a perfect combination just in time for those long summer days.
What is Vondervotteimittiss?
Do you know what Z.O.W.I.E. and Shazam represent? Find out in this review of Random House Reference's "10,000 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia."
What's a himbo?
A look at the latest "Random House Webster's College Dictionary."
Gifts of Words
Add these to your gift-giving list for word lovers.
Words Can Heal
New organization called Words Can Heal launched to remind people about the power of words.
September 11, 2001
The author of this prose-poem learned about the terrorist attacks during the second hour of her high school day. She and her classmates spent the day watching the television news reports. She wrote this after her mother asked her about her feelings.
Your Word Against Mine
"Word" Movies: films in development about Scrabble,a dictionary and spelling bees.
Moving Picture Words
A Review of Linda Cowgill's Secrets of Screenplay Structure
Book Review: A Celtic Alphabet by Andrew Whitson
A review of A Celtic Alphabet
Women Who Love Books Too Much: a review
A review of "Women Who Love Books Too Much."
Eloquent Me
Do you curb your vocabulary?
Autodidact at the Suite
Reflections on the Internet and Suite101 as a two-year anniversary approaches.
WordAce! Talking Translation Dictionary - review
A review of WordAce, Talking Translation Dictionary CD-ROM
How To Speak Fishing
Humorous look at fishingspeak.
The Quotable Gardener
Review of "The Quotable Gardener"
Rhinos Who Surf
A review of "Rhinos Who Surf" with a little surfing slang.
Celebrate the Day with The Quotable Lover
"The Quotable Lover" is a perfect read for Valentine's Day.
Last Minute Speeches and Toasts - book review
A book review of "Last Minute Speeches and Toasts" by Andrew Frothingham.
Toasts for All Occasions - book review
A book review of "Toasts for All Occasions" by Jeff and Deborah Herman.
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
A review of the "Random House Webster's College Dictionary" and a listing of some of the "new" words of the decades from 1940 to the present.
Wit & Humor Quotationary Book Review
A review of "Wit and Humor Quotationary" by Leonard Roy Frank
Miss Alaineus - book review and author interview
A book review of "Miss Alaineus" and an interview with the book's author, Debra Frasier
The Secret Lives of Words
A review of "The Secret Lives of Words" by Paul West
First Night/World-Wide Double Kukai
First Night celebrations and information about New Year haiku event.
Toasts
Toasts for the New Year.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Throwing a Great Party
A look at "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Throwing a Great Party" and Hogmanay.
Wordthief
Review of Wordthief, great new word game.
17th Century English in the New World, part two
Part 2 of 17th Century English in the New World
17th Century English in the New World, part one
An article about 17th century's Roger Williams, author of "A Key into the Languages of America," and the beginnings of American English.
17th Century Dictionaries, part two
17th Century dictionaries
17th Century Dictionaries, part one
Robert Cawdrey tried to clarify fuzzy English in the 17th century.
What does your spelling say about you behind your back?
A review of a book about how to improve your spelling.
Be Still Oh Heart and Edgar Allan Poe
Goosetherumfoodle and "The Tell-Tale Heart," both from the same man? Edgar Allan Poe, writer and creator of words.
They say contronyms, you say antagonyms
What words are their own antonyms?
-Gry, -gry, everywhere a -gry - the endings, not the beginnings
What's a famallily and the -gry riddle.
Word Menu
Review of Word Menu, a word reference guide.
With Words, Body Language - Number 7, part 2
Part two of the final article in series for Human Body Event.
With Words, Body Language - Number 7
Final article in the series for the Human Body Event.
Without Words - Body Language, Number 6
Can you read a person like a book?
Without Words - Body Language, Number 5
Does body language influence a customer or client relationship?
Without Words - Body Language, Number 4
Can your body tell a lie?
Without Words - Body Language, Number 3
Body language across cultures
Without Words - Body Language, Number 2
A poem inspired by the traditional Chinese custom which dictated to Chinese women the use of surrogate figurines to indicate their physical problems to a doctor.
Without Words - Body Language - Number 1
Communication without words.
Words and Rules:The Ingredients of Language - Part Two
Part two of a review of Steven Pinker's book, "Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language"
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language - Part One
Part one of a review of Steven Pinker's book, "Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language"
Household Words and Catherine Beecher- PART THREE
The completion of the article about Catherine Beecher.
Household Words and Catherine Beecher- PART TWO
More about Catherine Beecher and a Household Word exhibit.
Household Words and Catherine Beecher- PART ONE
A look at Catherine Beecher and the area of domestic feminism.
America's First Poet
Anne Bradstreet was America's first poet.
Women's Words of Wisdom
Women's speeches and quotes honoring Women's History month
Miles of words and Mel Gibson
The book about making the Oxford English Dictionary may be showing at a screen near you sometime in the future. But don't wait for the movie, read the book now.
Valued Words: Favorite Poem Project
Robert Pinsky, Favorite Poem Project, poetry
Whirl those words
A few word games to play while also building important skills.
Fooling with Words
Review of Bill Moyers book, Fooling with Words and information about the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
Words Belong to Everyone
Too many people don't know how to read.
Year-End Vigil
New Year's original poem.
Happy New Year
More New Year's toasts
Ta-da! The first toasts for the millennium
Millennium toasts
A toast for the millennium - a gift of words
Submit your toast for the millennium.
Imetay orfay aay illysay eakbray
Find out about the Pig Latin Converter site.
Far Out (Part Two)
Definitive moment of "far out."
Far Out (Part One)
Definitive moment of "far out."
Phobia
Phobias
The English language needs you
News about new World English dictionary and the updating of the classic English dictionary
Always a crossword
A brief history of the crossword puzzle with excellent sites for the crossword enthusiast.
Secret Words, Secret Societies - Part 2
Secret words and societies
Secret Words and Secret Societies - Part 1
Secret Words
The Neofeminism Definition - Pt. 2
Neofeminism
The Neofeminism Definition - Part 1
Neofeminism - what is it, who are they?
Pressing Sushi
Short description about how to write haiku, tanka,with excellent haiku web sites
A Literate Insect?
A short history of the spelling bee and a short personal essay of a spelling bee participant.This article was written by my daughter on April 22, 1999, on "Take Your Daughter to Work Day."
Scrabble for the Right Word
Discover the world of Scrabble.