Archive for November, 2007

Friends of Mine

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

After my long absence, I’m figuring that any readers I have are looking for more reliable blogs to visit. Although I love to have fans, I think it only fair to spread some of the wealth I’ve found. So here are links to a few really good language/linguistics blogs that I frequent:

Dr. Goodword. This [...]

The Face of the Earth

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Have you ever wondered whether the earth actually has a face? The Oxford English Dictionary says that “the face of the earth” is a Hebraistic idiom imported into English via the Bible and attested from 1340.
At any rate, I have some use for the handy metaphor right now, because I am about to drop off [...]