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January 27, 2014Words & Origins
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January 13, 2014
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December 16, 2013
By popular demand, here are the slides from my Ignite Portland 12 talk. I have to give extensive credit to my brother Connal for his help with ordering the slides, as well as making the graphs look incredibly slick. I also need to thank my mother for her endless supply of encouragement, and Robert for being my whimsical anchor.
Click here to see the slides in a new window: HUGHES IGNITE FINAL.
Video of my talk is now accessible here, through the Ignite Portland Youtube Channel. I have also added it to an Encyclopedia Briannica playlist, where I will talk more about language topics just like this. Stay tuned.
What can I say? I’m proud of it.
EDIT: You can now get these slides, and more information on cutthroats, on my more respectable site, EncyclopediaBriannica.com.
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November 15, 2013
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November 11, 2013I’m preparing my IgnitePortland12 talk, and I was looking for an earlier citation for choke-sparrow, which is a kind of wheat that presumably chokes sparrows. I found an entry in a Google Book called “The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volumes 29-30” from 1897, which is great for me. The magazine appears to include an adorably regional dictionary of Wiltshire from that time. Check out the entries surrounding choke-sparrow:
It goes from the vulgar to the festive in four entries, I love it. But I also found this:
I’m not sure I have anything intelligent to say about numfudge, but it certainly brightened my day to learn of its existence. I hope it’s done the same for you. Let’s all go on holiday to Trowbridge and complain about its excessive numfudgery, what.
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October 24, 2013
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August 12, 20131. Nueve Reinas (2000)
2. Tango, Nunca Me Dejes (1998)
3. Como Agua Para Chocolate (1992)
4. Mujeres Al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios (1988)
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August 2, 2013
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July 15, 2013