- Better Writing
OUP site, covering: Grammar (practical guidance and useful tips on a wide range of grammar issues) / Spelling (creating a good impression and getting your meaning across clearly with correct spelling) / Punctuation (practical guidance on how to use commas, semicolons, and other types of punctuation) / Practical writing (advice on topics from writing an effective CV to writing a letter of complaint) / Advice on good writing to avoid making some of the most common mistakes of usage / A quick-reference guide to abbreviations.
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- Box pareidolia
"Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia)
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- Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Brewer, E. Cobham. 1898. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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- Burns - ‘Poems and Songs’
Includes a glossary of over 1,900 words and phrases.
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- Dictionary of the Scots Language
Comprises the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the Scottish National Dictionary. DOST contains words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries (Older Scots) and SND contains information about words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (modern Scots).
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- Do you know your -ibles from your -ables?
OxfordWords blog
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- Drivel Defence
Plain English Campaign. "...a software package that will help you to check the use of Plain English! [includes] Drivel Defence for Text [and] Drivel Defence for Web. [...] Both programs can give you a detailed report on your use of Plain English [...] Use them to keep drivel at bay..."
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- English to Latin
Translate text and web pages between English and Latin online for free!
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- Fowler : ‘The King’s English’
Fowler, H. W. 1908. The Kings English, 2nd edition
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- Gobbledygook generator
Plain English Campaign
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- Handy Latin Phrases
At BBC - h2g2
h2g2 is the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything, a guide that's written by visitors to the website, creating an organic and evolving encyclopedia of life
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- Homerisms
The wit and wisdom of Homer Simpson.
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- KissThisGuy.com
The archive of funny misheard lyrics
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- Latin motto generator
"Create your own life mottos and slogans in Latin!"
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- Latin Phrases & Quotes
"Looking for a famous Latin phrase? Latin-Phrases.co.uk has one of the best collections of Latin phrases, sayings and expressions..."
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- Less or fewer?
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- Making a marque
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- Quotations Page
"Your source for famous quotes"
Your source for quotations from famous people and literature. Search or browse over 22,000 quotations from thousands of authors. Includes the popular Quotes of the Day, Motivational Quotes of the Day, Quote Search, and Random Quotations pages.
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- Relatively speaking : an untangling of that/who/which
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- Remacadamize? Hybrid words and the development of the English language
"...Irish, Hebrew, Greek, and Old English weren’t enough for the City that never sleeps..."
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