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Linguistic Wonders Series

This section of our library is devoted to short pieces about language written by the visionary scientists of yourDictionary.com's Advisory Council of Experts (ACE).

• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• Counterterrorism Glossaries
• The Indo-European Language Room
• Meaning of Vermicelli
• Allied Weapons and Aircraft Glossary
• Fatherly Words Language Article
• Meaning of Mauve
• Mayan Hieroglyphs
• Pizza is a German Word
• Meaning of Spaghetti

Counterterrorism Glossaries

• Chronology of Iraq
• Glossary of Iraq
• Glossary of the Middle East
• Geography of Terrorism and Glossary of Terrorist Organizations

The Indo-European Language Room

• Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans by Calvert Watkins
• Table of Indo-Eurpean Languages
• Glossary of Proto-Indo-European Roots

The WordMan, Paul J.J. Payack

• The Tangles of Time - A Brief History of Chess
• The Dustbin of History - How the Infinity Symbol Came into Existence
• Steppingstone to the Stars - How the Zero was Discovered
• The Lament - The Last Words of the Last Speaker of Proto-Indo-European
• An Interview With the Inventor of Words
• The Final Farewell: The Official End to the 20th Century

Presidential Debate Analysis

• Presidential Debates Mirror Long-term School Decline

Thoughts of Dr. Audra Himes

• How We Have Changed (9/11)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (Fourth of July)

A Linguistic Potpourri

• How to Use Dictionaries
• Linguists See Internet Lingo as Cultural Catalyst
• The Impassioned Fight to Save Dying Languages
• The Chaos by Gerald Nolst Trenite
• The Third English Word Ending on "gry"
• The World's Longest Place Name
• The Impact of 9/11 on the English Language
• A Plethora of Terms: Playing The Veneral Game by Dr. Seth Haber
• One Symbol for Every Sound by Wenkai Tay
• A Prompt for Finding Essay Topic Ideas by Sheila Bender.
• Japanese Language Onomatopoeia
• Identifying Japanese Farm Animal Sounds
• Judgement - English Spelling Rules
• The Word Eaters
• Glossary of Quaint Southernisms

The Collected Works of the Phantom Linguist

• Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
• Origins of Words: Part I
• Word Origins continued
• Etymology Explained: Origin of Words III
• Deriving Words in English
• English Language Word Origins IV
• English Abbreviations You Should Know
• How is a Hippo Like a Feather?
• How to Pronounce "Ghoti" and Why
• But There are no Such Things as Words!
• Why We Have to Pay Syntax
• Can Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously?
• Slithy Toves of Chimpanzees
• Mama Teached Me Talk!

Words on Word History by Phil Baldi

• Words on Word History: Introduction
• If It's Fragile, It will Break (Naturally)
• Latin in English (Part I)
• Latin in English (Part II)
• Homosexuals and Homo Sapiens: A Formal Confusion
• Heads of Cattle, a Capital Idea
• Shabby Seedlings and Tennis Rankings
• Understanding Etymology: Words Growing in Your Garden

Dr. Language on Language

• A History of an Historical Quirk
• A Language is a Dialect with an Army
• Ain't Isn't a Four Letter Word
• Are You and I, You and Me?
• Do You Suffer the Embarrassment of LVS?
• How Many Words are in English
• Linguistic Collateral Damage
• Yall, (Youse, Yuns) Should Read This

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Guide to the Californa Recall Initiative Lingo

Homage to 9/11

Indo-European Language Room: Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans

Indo-European Language Room: Roots of the Proto-Indo-European Language

Indo-European Language Room: The Indo-European Language Families

Language Research

Linguistic Potpourri

Linguistic Potpourri: Linguists See Internet Lingo as Cultural Catalyst

Linguistic Potpourri: The Chaos

Linguistic Potpourri: The Impassioned Fight to Save Dying Languages

Linguistic Potpourri: The Third English Word Ending on "gry"

Linguistic Potpourri: The World's Longest Place Name

Linguistic Wonders Series: Fatherly Words Language Article

Linguistic Wonders Series: Mayan Hieroglyphs

Linguistic Wonders Series: Meaning of Mauve

Linguistic Wonders Series: Meaning of Spaghetti

Linguistic Wonders Series: Meaning of Vermicelli

Linguistic Wonders Series: Pizza is a German Word

Linguistic Wonders Series: The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

On Building Vocabulary

On Online Dictionaries

Presidential Debates Mirror Long-term School Decline

The 2002 Super Bowl Lingo Guide

The 2003 Super Bowl Lingo Guide

The Impact of 9/11 on the English Language

The WordMan: An Interview with the Inventor of Words

The WordMan: Steppingstone to the Stars or How the Zero was Discovered

The WordMan: The Dustbin of History or How the Infinity Symbol Came into Existence

The WordMan: The Final Farewell: The Official End to the 20th Century

The WordMan: The Lament The Last Words of the Last Speaker of Proto-Indo-European

The WordMan: The Tangles of Time - A Brief History of Chess

Top Ten Word Lists of 2000

Yankee Doodle Dandy