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Smith initiated the radio series Chrysti the Wordsmith as an undergraduate at MSU. In 1995, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology/Anthropology. Smith is a professional narrator working in television, documentary film, public service announcements, and radio advertisements. [1] [3] [5] She has published two books:
It covers a wide range of issues, including etymology, grammar, neologisms, writing style and book reviews. This site explores International English from a British viewpoint. The website features a large database of word-related topics, weird words, articles on word and phrase origins, and answers to questions from site visitors.
The Play of Words—Published by Gallery Books (September 1991) The Word Circus—Published by Merriam-Webster (January 1998) The Big Book of Word Play Crosswords: 100 Unique Challenging Puzzles for Word Play Lovers, co-authored with Gayle Dean—Published by Marion Street Press (May 2013) Challenging Words for Smart People: Bringing Order to ...
The Origin and Development of the English Language. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. Speake, Jennifer (ed.) (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-861051-3; Webster's New World College Dictionary (1997) Third edition, published by Macmillan, ISBN 0-02-861673-1
A second book, also by Alex Games and published by BBC Books, is titled Balderdash and Piffle: One sandwich short of a dog's dinner and accompanied the second series of the show. The two books explore the origins of a number of words in the English language, including randy, shampoo and bouncy castle.
Nigel Rees (born 5 June 1944 near Liverpool) is an English writer and broadcaster, known for devising and hosting the Radio 4 panel game Quote... Unquote (1976–2021) [1] and as the author of more than fifty books, mostly works of reference on language, and humour in language.
The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]
The original edition had 15,000 words and each successive edition has been larger, [3] with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words. [6] The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget. [2]