tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092237.post8188134223137149182..comments2023-09-20T01:31:22.870-07:00Comments on Words Worth: solecismJohn Horlivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294891031282746948noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092237.post-82057384299374798172007-04-10T18:33:00.000-07:002007-04-10T18:33:00.000-07:00Sean,I'm glad to know that this blog is proving he...Sean,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to know that this blog is proving helpful to you and your students.<BR/><BR/>I'm working on the problem posting comments from the "prevaracate" post.<BR/><BR/>I wish you good health.John Horlivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00294891031282746948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092237.post-30904622602801265422007-04-10T14:27:00.000-07:002007-04-10T14:27:00.000-07:00You disable comments for your prevaricate post. I ...You disable comments for your prevaricate post. I just wanted to say that it's very exhaustive! I'm feeling a bit under the weather (more than a bit actually) but when I come out of this funk, I intend to go over everything written. I teach ESL, actually, and might be able to include these words in my lessons (already used stultiloquent in the chapter on fraud). You're building a nifty little resource for me!! Thanks!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038038049928946026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092237.post-40602753948625074642007-04-07T21:35:00.000-07:002007-04-07T21:35:00.000-07:00Sean,Thanks!Having a cache of some 175 word books,...Sean,<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Having a cache of some 175 word books, which took several decades to collect, helps. It includes 15 or so standard dictionaries and thesauruses, plus over 150 specialty word books, including such texts as H. L. Mencken's "The American Language"; Francis Grose's "The Vulgar Tongue"; Partridge's "Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English";"Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk"; and "It's Raining Cats and Dogs and Other Beastly Expressions." I recently gained access to the online OED (Oxford English Dictionary) and now--wow!--I'm having more fun than ever! Each word I post proves to be an adventure. I never know how many books or Web sites will come to my aid in describing a word. Right now, I have so many interconnected strands of information on the word "prevaricate," that I'm finding it difficult to trim it all down to the size of a post. Given my daily time limits, It's taking me days to do it! I hope to post the word tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Again, thanks for the compliment!<BR/><BR/>Bloggin' JohnJohn Horlivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00294891031282746948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092237.post-35855186567273060942007-04-05T17:28:00.000-07:002007-04-05T17:28:00.000-07:00Amazing. You really do your homework Bloggin'. Ni...Amazing. You really do your homework Bloggin'. Nice job.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038038049928946026noreply@blogger.com