Site of the Day for Tuesday, August 21, 2001
A.Word.A.Day
Do you really need another mailing list? Probably not. However, if you are
intrigued by words and their etymology, then you may indeed need this one.
"The music and magic of words -- that's what A.Word.A.Day is all about.
This is the Web site for the mailing list A.Word.A.Day (AWAD), which sends
a vocabulary word and its definition to the subscribers every day.
Currently, AWAD is subscribed by over 441,000 linguaphiles in more than 203
countries." - from the website
"A.Word.A.Day" will usually arrive promptly every weekday morning with a
new word, based on that week's theme. The word is defined, its etymology
given and a sentence, usually from a published source, is included. A
recent theme of "words to describe people" included such gems as
'philosophaster', 'satrap' and 'anchorite'. The one thing which always
comes shining through is the sheer love of words from the mailing list's
owner, Anu Garg.
If you are already up to your clavicle in "Lists" and simply cannot add
another, scoot along to the "A.Word.A.Day" website anyway to check out
today's word and simply browse through the archives.
http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
A.M. Holm
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