One of the hardest things to do is to say words of sympathy to someone dealing with loss or tragedy. It isn’t that you don’t feel the pain and sorrow of your friends and acquaintances.
Archive for the ‘ Words ’ Category
Words of Sympathy
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Netspeak and Internet Slang Words
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Have you ever walked into a room and seen your child in an IM or text conversation, typing some kind of internet shorthand to his or her friends? Kids these days often used abbreviations to hide
Sentence Unscrambler – Phrase Unscrambler
Monday, June 29th, 2009There are games online where a computer program scrambles the letters in a phrase or sentence and you must unscramble the words to win the game. In fact, there are a variety of sentence unscramble
English Language and One Million Words
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009According to linguistic expert Paul J.J. Payack and this 1,000,000 word story by CNN.com, the English language added its 1,000,000,000th word at 5:22 a.m. on Wednesday 10, 2009. Paul J.J. Payack is
Glitter Words
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Here’s a question for the ages I was asked from a reader: What Are “Glitter Words” and “Myspace Words”? MySpace Words and “Glitter Words” are used as
Interesting Words
Friday, June 19th, 2009Another way to approach a “Word of the Day” routine is to use an “interesting words” site. After marveling over the Weird Words websites I found yesterday, I ended up
Weird Words
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Alright, “weird” isn’t my word: it’s Google’s word. When I typed in the word “words” on Google, I wanted to see what optional searches were given
Secret Life of Words – How English Became English
Monday, June 15th, 2009The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English by Henry Hitchings is a look at the evolution of the English language throughs the events and disasters of past ages. You can tell a lot about
Words Words Words by David Crystal
Friday, June 12th, 2009For people who are interested in the subject of “words”, I can’t imagine a better book to read than Words Words Words by David Crystal. Mr. Crystal looks at the word from just
Words That Start With Z
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009There are a few more words that start with “Z” in the English language than words that start with “X”, but I thought I would follow up my X-words post with a Z-words post.
