Site of the Day World Wide Words "History, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. Investigating international English from a British viewpoint by Michael Quinion" - from the website If words and their origins hold any fascination for you, this site should prove riveting. Discover why you're richer if you're a billionaire in England than in America and the origin of the phrase "dead as a doornail". From essays "BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY! The linguistic legacy of Star Trek" to "MIND THE GREENS! Creative mishearings of lyrics", there is a wealth of exposition by an author with obvious expertise who clearly loves the language. (Quinion is a consultant for the Oxford English Dictionary.) This site is a judicious blend of entertainment and information which may keep you engaged far longer than you expected. http://www.worldwidewords.org A.M. Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SotD Ashlists archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/site-of-the-day@ashlists.org/ SotD Website - http://www.ashlists.org/sotd/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the BODY type: unsubscribe site-of-the-day
