Language Links

 

If you’re interested in language-y things (language usage, word history, grammar, punctuation, etc.), here are some sites you might enjoy. If there are others you think I or other readers would enjoy, please suggest them in the comments below.

Evolving English II
Observations on the English language changing all around us
Fritinancy
Names, brands, writing, and the quirks of the English language.
Fully (sic)
Enjoy the spectacle of Australian linguists getting all hot and bothered about the way we communicate
Google Books: American English
Search more than 155 billion words in more than 1.3 million books of American English from 1810-2009
Johnson
A language blog from The Economist
Language Hat
Language stuff
Language Log
Discussions about language and linguistics
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries Online
A cheaper alternative to a full OED subscription
Shady Characters
The secret life of punctuation
The Oxford English Dictionary
The ultimate dictionary if you can afford the subscription. You may have access through your public library account.
The Phrase Finder
The meanings and origins of thousands of English sayings, phrases, idioms and expressions
The Word Detective
Long-running column fields reader question about word origins. Informative and humorous.
Visual Thesaurus
An interactive thesaurus that lets you visually explore related words
Wordnik
All the words, and everything about them
Wordorigins.org
Devoted to the origins of words and phrases

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