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Archive for January, 2008
New Words in the English Lexicon-2
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
David Crystal’s Blog
Posted in Useful Links on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the link to David Crystal’s Blog.
http://david-crystal.blogspot.com/
David Crystal is an authority on the English Language. Here’s a brief introduction to the man who needs no introduction among linguists:)
http://www.sfep.org.uk/pub/biogs/crystal.asp
What to read next?
Posted in Useful Links on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Enter a book you like and the site will analyse its database of real readers’
favourite books (over 32,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next.
http://whatshouldireadnext.com/
American English vs. British English
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some really useful sites on UK and US English:
http://english2american.com/index.html#index
http://www.hps.com/~tpg/ukdict/
New Words in the English Lexicon
Posted in Language, tagged new words on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bucknor: (n) (adj)
1. Temporary blindness leading to missing out on the obvious.
2. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
3. Situations leading to grave judgmental errors.
Usage: I feel bucknored by my boss; Life often throws a bucknor at you.
Benson: (n) (adj)
1. Something that legitimises a severe bucknor.
Usage: First they bucknored me [...]
