Category Archives: parts of speech

  1. Pronouns, John Wayne, and Opposites

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    November 26, 2018 by libroshombre

    Did you celebrate International Pronoun Day on October 17?  Perhaps consideration of pronouns is beneath your dignity, but even the …
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    Category: English language, language, parts of speech, pronouns, Uncategorized | Tags: , ,

  2. Curious Cats, Stolen Thunder, and Gold Cards

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    February 8, 2017 by libroshombre

      Besides warming your cockles, purchasing a 2-year Gold Card with a $100 donation to the Fairbanks Library Foundation, means …
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    Category: curiosity, libraries, parts of speech, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Patrons, Volkswagens, and Metaphors

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    January 24, 2017 by libroshombre

      The “word” of the year for 2016 is “dumpster fire,” according to the American Dialectic Society (ADS). A recent …
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    Category: language, libraries, manners, parts of speech, Uncategorized, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  4. Pronouns Redux, Second-Person Y’all, and She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed

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    April 17, 2015 by libroshombre

    Today’s word is “redux,” defined as “brought back, returned,” in the American Heritage Dictionary, because there’s more to say about …
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  5. Pronouns, Pseudonyms, and the Curiosolites

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    March 31, 2015 by libroshombre

    Humans just have to name the objects and creatures we encounter, including ourselves. How we choose those names, even pronouns, …
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    Category: names, parts of speech, reference librarians | Tags: , , , , , ,

  6. Library Litotes, Data-Overload, and the Pollyanna Hypothesis

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    March 24, 2015 by libroshombre

    There are more than a few books in our public library, and its print books aren’t going away anytime soon. …
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  7. Torturous Aphibologies, Poor Webster, and Scrooge McDuck’s Taxes

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    February 3, 2015 by libroshombre

    Judging by our national debate over the subject, “torture” is one of those terms whose meaning seems to depend on …
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    Category: dictionaries, parts of speech, punctuation, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  8. Quintilianus, Writing and Reading Well, Wodehouse, and a few Tricolons

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    November 13, 2014 by libroshombre

    Novelist Stephen King says this to those wanting to be writers: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t …
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    Category: odd words, parts of speech, reading well, writing well | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  9. Life-long Learning, Degorging, and Zeugmas

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    November 6, 2014 by libroshombre

    Our local Osher Life-Long Learning Institute is a joy. Learning for its own sake’s a rich experience, and skipping class …
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  10. Raymond Chandler and the Mystery of Libraries

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    October 23, 2014 by libroshombre

    One thing that really sets hard-boiled detective writer Raymond Chandler apart is his attention to details and quick, precise descriptions of …
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    Category: libraries, parts of speech, public libraries, reading well | Tags: , , , , , ,

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