Maria, a teacher librarian colleague just sent an email wishing me Happy Charles Dickens' birthday! today...
I sent her back a link to the great website A word a day by Anu Garg, which last week celebrated Dickensian characters that became words in anticipation of Dickens' upcoming birthday...
Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, June 21, 2010
Word of the day
I subscribe to Word of the day which sends information about an interesting word and its meaning, usage, etymology and an example in context in a quote, by email each weekday.
http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html
It is a free service, and at the end of each month there is a "digest" of interesting comments on the words from subscribers. One person shared this video link - though I won't tell you the word it relates to here as that would spoil it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY
So, if you are interested, once you've watched the video, here is the link to the word...
http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html
It is a free service, and at the end of each month there is a "digest" of interesting comments on the words from subscribers. One person shared this video link - though I won't tell you the word it relates to here as that would spoil it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY
So, if you are interested, once you've watched the video, here is the link to the word...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
A word a day from Wordsmith.org
I signed up for A.Word.A.Day and have enjoyed the small discoveries about words - their derivation, links, use etc and the quotes that this free daily email brings...
http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html
Here are a few recent quotes which I've enjoyed...
"Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations." -Edward Sapir, anthropologist, linguist (1884-1939)
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
"The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man." - Richard Feynman
"Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve." - Alan Perlis
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Einstein
"The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous." - Gibbon
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html
Here are a few recent quotes which I've enjoyed...
"Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations." -Edward Sapir, anthropologist, linguist (1884-1939)
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
"The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man." - Richard Feynman
"Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve." - Alan Perlis
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Einstein
"The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous." - Gibbon
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
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