Monthly Archives: September 2014

  1. Old Wives Tales, Malarkey, and the OED

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    September 25, 2014 by libroshombre

    “Do Blue Sheets Bring Babies? The Truth Behind Old Wives’ Tales,” by Thomas Craughwell, was a Gulliver’s used-book purchase I …
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  2. Mansplaining, 1616, and Buying Books

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    September 18, 2014 by libroshombre

    Cicero the Roman once wrote, “Old nature is by nature rather talkative,” and, being something of a chatterbox all my …
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  3. Careful Words, Commas, and CIA Style

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    September 11, 2014 by libroshombre

    Buddha once said, “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced …
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  4. Bathroom Libraries, Scottish War Cries and Language Mutations

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    September 4, 2014 by libroshombre

    The British writer Holbrook Jackson once said, “Your library is your portrait,” but he was speaking only of people who …
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