Saturday, May 4, 2024
“They are greatly charmed with gifts, but they expect no return for what they give, nor feel any obligation for what they receive.” Thus quoth Tacitus, the historian of great renown, of the Germanic tribes. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a kenning as “a metaphorical compound word or phrase … used […]
My dear readers, now that we have been educated on the beauty of archaic grammar, this next article will address the quite necessary subject of archaic, or obsolete, words. Archaic dictionaries, of course, are figurative gold mines for such things, but many of those “archaic” words are restricted to archaic […]
When talking about the recent addition of “yeet” to Dictionary.com, along with a variety of COVID related words, the Gizmo writer, Judy Serrano, said that “English is a living language, one that is constantly changing to reflect the world and society we live in.” The truth of the statement applies […]