Category Archives: languages

  1. Reduplications, Great Shifts, and Free Speech

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    May 12, 2025 by libroshombre

                Reading my old copy of “Dictionary of American Slang” (DAS), compiled by Harold Wentworth and Stuart Flexner in 1960, …
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    Category: book banning, books, English language, grammar, language, languages, libraries, slang | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  2. Cockroaches, Melting Hearts, and Mark Twain’s Library

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    May 12, 2025 by libroshombre

    Getting from having a cockroach to Mark Twain’s death-defying miracle started with reflecting on weird idioms, “a group of words …
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    Category: books, grammar, languages, libraries, love, printers, printing | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Oldest Languages, Harmful Tablets, and Cryptomnesia

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    March 24, 2025 by libroshombre

                Robert Louis Stevenson might have been right when he claimed that “Language is but a poor bull’s eye lantern …
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    Category: deaf-mute, deafness, hearing, languages, linguistics | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  4. Idioms, Polyglots, and Polymaths

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    January 3, 2025 by libroshombre

                A delightful little (7 x 5 inch) library book titled “I’m Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears,” came my way …
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  5. Coziness, Rhombuses, and Positive Chiromonia

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    January 23, 2024 by libroshombre

                Things like Alaska Airlines door plugs popping off make reading “The Meaning of Life is Surprisingly Simple” even more …
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    Category: gestures, languages, librarians, libraries, oration, psychology, public libraries, speech, words | Tags: , , ,

  6. Inventors, Scientists, and WorldCat

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    April 23, 2022 by libroshombre

                You won’t find me arguing with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s claim that “One must be an inventor to read well. …
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    Category: interlibrary loan, inventors, language, languages, librarians, libraries, libraries and librarians, library history, linguistics, scientists | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Dreams, Doublethink, and Aztecs

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    February 4, 2022 by libroshombre

    Re-watching Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I have a dream” speech has left me considering the distinction between mythology and misinformation.  …
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    Category: languages, libraries, misinformation, mythology, propaganda | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  8. Conspiracies, Communications, and Truth Sandwiches

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    April 29, 2021 by libroshombre

                LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344                                                                          April 29, 2021             Michelle Cottle, a member of the NYTimes editorial board, …
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    Category: attitudes, communication, communications, conspiracies, language, languages | Tags: , , , ,

  9. Zeep, Odor, and Spock

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    September 20, 2019 by libroshombre

    “Im mel a man parv” is how you say “I love a good book” in Elvish, which J.R.R. Tolkien invented …
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  10. Bodacious, Babylon, and Glottophobia

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    February 22, 2019 by libroshombre

    Bodacious, the legendary bucking bull in the Professional Bull Riding (PBR) Hall of Fame, brings many associations to mind, including …
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    Category: cowboys, languages, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

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