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Describe It In 60,000 Words Or Less

Dale Mussen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:00:36 +0000

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.

Oxford American Dictionaries Names Its Word Of The Year

Dale Mussen — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:50:24 +0000

It’s a word that was created 25 years ago and technically it’s an anacronym, but it’s become so trendy that the Oxford American Dictionaries has named it the word of the year. Maybe it would be more appropriate to call it the “techie” thing of the year because you see them everywhere you look on social [...]

Dale's Daily Data: Fun With Words

Dale Mussen — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:18:51 +0000

Let’s have some fun with words.

One of the reasons English may be the hardest language to learn if you speak a foreign language is that there are so many exceptions and variations. Why does xylopone begin with an “x”? Why does pneumonia begin with a “p”? Why does phone begin a “ph”?