Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » dictionary http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Describe It In 60,000 Words Or Less http://wyrk.com/describe-it-in-60000-words-or-less/ http://wyrk.com/describe-it-in-60000-words-or-less/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:00:36 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=169844 The most complete and accurate dictionary of the English language is the Oxford English Dictionary. It gives not only the meaning and pronunciation, but the history of over half a million words, past and present. It was 1857 when plans for the dictionary began what they figured would end up as four-volumes and 64-hundred pages.

]]> http://wyrk.com/describe-it-in-60000-words-or-less/feed/ 0 (chrisjohnbeckett@Flickr) Dale's Daily Data: OMG Is In The Dictionary LOL http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-omg-is-in-the-dictionary-lol/ http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-omg-is-in-the-dictionary-lol/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:30:33 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=13121 It’s now official – there’s a growing list of internet abbreviations that are now part of the English language.  OMG, LOL and FYI have been added to the online editions of the 126-year old Oxford English Dictionary

]]> http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-omg-is-in-the-dictionary-lol/feed/ 0 (Getty Images) "TGIF"-"Ain't It Or No?"-And Other Fun Phrases! http://wyrk.com/tgif-aint-it-or-no-and-other-fun-phrases/ http://wyrk.com/tgif-aint-it-or-no-and-other-fun-phrases/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:03:21 +0000 Clay Moden http://wyrk.com/?p=11065 Today is NationalGrammarDay.

I figured after a long week of heavy news stories I would share some tid bits that I found about grammar and some other things that you may be able to share at the dinner table this weekend.

]]> http://wyrk.com/tgif-aint-it-or-no-and-other-fun-phrases/feed/ 0 Today is National Grammar Day!