MA Thesis (1960) of Prof. J.C. Wells of the University of London concerning the pronunciation of vowels in "Received Pronunciation".

Neologisms and novel uses of words in English collected by members of a Linguistics class at Rice University.

Word mavens may browse etymology, dictionary, thesaurus links, links to anagrams, oxymorons,palindromes, puns, idioms, banished words and expressions, city-by-city slanguage, mondegreens, logophilia, heteronyms, chiasmus, common punctuation errors.

Brief treatment of the systematic sound shifts involving Middle English stressed vowels that changed the pronunciation of English beyond recognition.

Resource for both linguistic and literary scholars about regional varieties of English in the United States and Canada. Includes maps, annotated link directory, and dialectology bibliography.

Requests that the reader take a quick, 5-question survey to determine usage in various geographical locations.

Clear and concise explanation of the difference between correct and incorrect usage in American English spelling, grammar and idiom, with entertaining examples.

Explaining the marine origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions.

Annual list published by Lake Superior State University of words that should be banished from the English language for misuse, overuse, and just general uselessness.

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