I haven't posted anything here for a few months. Hope some of you at least have missed me! Anyway it's not for lack of material. I o...

I’ve just nicely started reading a new language book and want to share some thoughts from it. Robert Lane Greene is a writer who lives in...

Three more books (among a few others) arrived in the mail yesterday from Hampstead House Books  http://www.hampsteadhousebooks.com/  to add ...

Here is a list of my books on words and languages, sorted by categories. I will dip into each of them eventually and give you a sample of wh...