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AWAD is, in Internet terms, an ancient mailing list: like True, it began its existence in 1994. Since then its creator, Anu Garg, has served up daily words with definitions, pronunciation guides, and examples that vary from weird to useful. Most weeks' words have a unifying theme, which is sometimes left to the readers to guess. There is also a nifty quote at the end of each email and periodic digests of the most interesting responses Anu receives. (VF) From This is True for 4 January 2009 Suggestions for further reading:
 by Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman Amazon Price: $14.96 Customer Review: "Origins of the Specious" is quite simply a brilliant book, one that I so enjoyed reading for its humor, reverence, and thoughtful research. The authors debunk the many false myths that grammarians hoisted upon us English speakers. Chief among them: ...  by Ralph Keyes Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: I couldn't stop reading this book because it was so packed with wonderful words and expressions, many of which I had never even heard of. As I read the introduction, I couldn't believe that so many young people entering college today have, for examp...  by Christine Kenneally Amazon Price: Customer Review: The study of the evolution of language began in earnest in the 1990s when Paul Bloom and Steven Pinker, linguists at MIT, took issue with Noam Chomsky's views on the subject. In an interview, Bloom said: "And then, at the same time, Mass...  by Barbara Kipfer Amazon Price: $9.87 Customer Review: It's a random list of often goofy, often infinitely obscure, often maddeningly incomplete, always completely unsupported or referenced, and sometimes downright fallacious or wrong definitions of words and phrases. As far as I can tell, the edi...  by Chloe Rhodes Amazon Price: $10.17 Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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