Article: Word Origins ... and How We Know Them.(Book review)

Article: PAPERBACKS; These useful books would like to have a word with ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 20, 2000 ;     677 words ... ... t put anything in a story that does not reveal character or advance the action." - Anton Chekhov: "If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story ...

Article: Webster's New Explorer Dictonary of Word ...
Reviewer's Bookwatch;  October 1, 2004 ;     477 words ... ... Webster's New Explorer Dictonary Of Word Origins Merriam-Webster Federal Street Press ... Webster's New Explorer Dictonary Of Word Origins features the histories of more than ... Webster's New Explorer Dictonary Of Word Origins is as amusing a resource as it is useful ...

Article: Word detective; After working for more than a decade, a ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... He promises that the explanations of word origins in his dictionary will be better, far ... scoured the literature in search of word origins and how their forms and meanings change ... written thousands of articles about word origins. A look at his computer database ...

Article: Word origins.(FUN WITH WORDS)("shih tzu" and ...
Calliope;  February 1, 2009 ;     565 words ...WORD ORIGINS Shih Tzu This small dog gets its name from the Chinese word shizigou--a combination of shi ("lion"), zi ("son"), and ...

Article: Word origins.(FUN WITH WORDS)(Aztec language)(Brief ...
Calliope;  December 1, 2005 ;     539 words ...WORD ORIGINS COYOTE You've probably read about coyotes in your local newspaper--especially if one attacked a sheep, chicken, or dog ...

Transcript: Unlikely Word Origins Defined In 'Anonyponymous'
NPR Morning Edition;  November 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ...RENEE MONTAGNE NPR Morning Edition 11-12-2009 Unlikely Word Origins Defined In 'Anonyponymous' Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time 10:00-11:00 AM Play Audio RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Now we're going ...

Article: Dictionary of Word Origins.
America;  May 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... someday at his leisure he might wish to consult Jordan Almond's entertaining and educative book, entitled Dictionary of Word Origins (Citadel. 286p $12.95). There he can recollect in tranquility the origins of his emotional state: Beside himself ...