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Alex Barnett blog (alexbarnett.net):
… letters and words as a whole. Here are some of the examples I've bumped into: American English British English Diff count Links to notes Four hundred twenty Four hundred and twenty 3 notes Delimiter Deliminator 2 notes Oriented Orientated 2notesI use less words than you You use fewer words than me 1 notes anesthetist anaesthetist 1 notes color colour 1 notes program programme 2 notes aluminum aluminium 1 notes donut doughnut 3 notes …

New Lines from a Floating Life (ninglundecember.wordpress.com):
… Nelson’s left flank goes to war over same-sex bill in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. In rebuilding my 2006-2007 archive I noted More words on gay marriage…. Good post, I think. Have a look. * Yes,a split infinitive! Who cares! …

MySA.com: At Large ... (blogs.mysanantonio.com):
… First the tomatoes attacked. That didn't work, so they attacked again — this time taking a more cautious and prudent approach to their attack. Instead of using violence to murder unsuspectingfruitlovers, these tomatoes employed the bacteria used to create salmonella as their primary weapon. By the time they were done, …

One Step Forward (legbamel.blogspot.com):
… section of Ask the Experts. I don't know how frequently those questions are asked, but you can certainly travel a distracting breadcrumb of English language questions. They will tell you, for instance, whether a tomato should be considered afruit or a vegetable. They've tackled this question not just because most people want to know but because it gives them a chance to explain just what constitutes a “fruit”. Not only can you better understand the silent h, honestly, but you can find a list of …

I Believe Two Things (blog.benjaminfenster.com):
… Star Trek: The Next Generation famously could not use contractions, but I regret to inform you that nobody (outside the show’s production staff) ever found this remotely plausible.  If you can learn170,000 English words …

One Step Forward (legbamel.blogspot.com):
… section of Ask the Experts. I don't know how frequently those questions are asked, but you can certainly travel a distracting breadcrumb of English language questions. They will tell you, for instance, whether a tomato should be considered afruit or a vegetable. They've tackled this question not just because most people want to know but because it gives them a chance to explain just what constitutes a “fruit”. Not only can you better understand the silent h, honestly, but you can find a list of …

another county heard from (notoriousbiggins.blogspot.com):
… "marrieds" is (I hate that word, definitely a pet peeve of mine), then "straights" should be. A quick google search confirmed that "straights" is indeed a word in semi-popular use, but it also turned up awhole bunch of other one-syllable, 9-letter words …

Tales From An Open Book (talesfromanopenbook.wordpress.com):
… and also various spellings are considered. Any word that has appeared five times, in five different sources over a period of five years can be included in the dictionary. (If you are interested in the bit of word trivia, look at their great page offrequently asked questions!) Some people are hard at work putting together sites online that list weird words, such as Michael Quinion, who “writes on international English from a British viewpoint”. His website, called “ …

My Dinky Note (aanugraha.wordpress.com):
… Conquest in 1066. Early printers sometimes used vv for lack of a w in their type. The name double-u recalls the former identity of u and v, which is also evident in a number of cognate words (flour/flower, guard/ward, suede/Swede, etc.). (source:http://www.askoxford.com/) The earliest form of the letter W was a doubled V used in the 7th century by the earliest writers of Old English; it is from this <uu> digraph that the modern name “double U” comes. This digraph was not extensively used, as its sound was …

Total Waste's Total Waste (twub.blogspot.com):
… i can't imagine that i'm going to be wasting too much time online for the next half a year, which means a lot of unread comics and ignored news. this might be a good thing. as for the blogging, which is going to be reduced to bimonthly (twice a month) posts, i have a feeling that only the magnificently interesting bits are going to make it online... …

domeheid (domeheid.blogspot.com):
… As "emissions" is a plural noun, shouldn't it be "Fewer emissions"? How embarrassing for BMW and their advertising agency! See an explanation of the difference between "less" and "fewer" on theAskOxfordwebsite. I realize that they're going for the "less is more" connection, but I still don't forgive them. …

Classical Bookworm (arb0rv1tae.typepad.com):
… in bound pages last published micrographically in 1991, is obsolete — at least according to the folks who publish it. As of now, Oxford University Press has no official plans to publish a new print edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. However,AskOxford.compresents this statement: The Third Edition of the OED is already currently available in the form of quarterly updates of new and revised material to the OED Online (www.oed.com). This revision project is unlikely to finish before 2018. …

Showbritz.com | Brett Debritz's entertainment and arts website (showbritz.debritz.net):
… The"Oxford comma"is not just something sub-editors like to debate, it's also now the name of a song by the New York band Vampire Weekend. …

zed equals zee (zedequalszee.com):
… ’s a trio of songs that are related by a common theme (okay, wait, I know that’s not what its name suggests to most of you…). Today’s theme is language, and this post features songs about theOxford comma, the word ‘underwhelmed’ (which is, in fact, in the OED), and some general linguistic playfulness from UW-Madison via The Box Social. MP3: Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (more Vampire Weekend) …

Notes from a Red Planet (marsroverdriver.blogspot.com):
… and sesquipedalians; I don't find the kind of serious reference work I want. Maybe this is because the kind of people who might write one can't take the word "tallen" seriously enough to invest the effort. Occasionally, in specific cases (such asthis one, which I ran into recently), good old Google can scratch your itch. Or you might find relief in a reverse dictionary. (Look under "r," har har.) Other times, you're just doomed to wallow in ... um ... what's the word I'm looking for? …

Alex Barnett blog (alexbarnett.net):
… letters and words as a whole. Here are some of the examples I've bumped into: American English British English Diff count Links to notes Four hundred twenty Four hundred and twenty 3 notes Delimiter Deliminator 2 notes Oriented Orientated 2notesI use less words than you You use fewer words than me 1 notes anesthetist anaesthetist 1 notes color colour 1 notes program programme 2 notes aluminum aluminium 1 notes donut doughnut 3 notes …

Written Communication (ewc2007.blogspot.com):
… My Writing Resources Site My Writing Tips Blog My Report Writing Course Site Plain English Campaign UK English Grammar Bytes: Terms, Tips, Tests Improve Your Punctuation Common Errors in EnglishAsk Oxford: Grammar FAQsClarity: an International Association Promoting Plain Legal Language …

Living The Questions (djembeslappin.blogspot.com):
… can be between English and ASL. I have a new found appreciation for those of you who vlog and transcribe or caption. It isn't easy! Global Language Monitor http://www.languagemonitor.com/wst_page7.html Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2139611/ Ask Oxfordhttp://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutenglish/mostwords?view=uk …

The Musings of Chris Samuel (www.csamuel.org):
… OED website says: We recommend email, as this is now by far the most common form. If in doubt with other words, hyphenate - this is the most comprehensible form of such words. That same section also has a page on how …

Bradley Allen (bradleyallen.org):
… label jocular or uneducated, and more recently, has reached the point where it is a virtual rival of sneaked in many parts of the English-speaking world. But not in Britain, where it is unmistakably taken to be a jocular or non-standard form. —Is ‘snuck’, as the past tense of ‘sneak’, a real word?In order to determine if I had sneaked (or rather, snuck) into art school. I made up a student ID number and posed as a “3rd year film student working on independent projects” and pretended to sign up for letterform classes …