The Spread Of English
The various dialects of English differ from the standard language in rough proportion to how long they have had a…
Category: English Editing
The Sources Of New Words
Completely new words are very rare – through from time to time some do arise. One example of a word…
The Structure of Nursery Rhymes
Here are some familiar nursery rhymes in an unfamiliar guise – as if composed by a poet who lacked the…
Origins – The Heart
Cardiologist combines Greek kardia, heart, and logos, science. The speciality is cardiology, the adjective cardiological. So a cardiac condition refers…
Latin Influences On Old English
From the Anglo-Saxon period down to the 17th and 18th centuries, Latin, as well as being the language of church…
The Last Hundred Years – New Industries
The great changes in the world over the last century or so have brought a further flood of new words…
Origin – Cutting In And Out
Flies, bees, beetles, wasps, and other insects are segmented creatures – head, thorax, and abdomen. Where these parts join, there…
Origins – Aging And The Old
We know that a geriatrician specializes in the medical care of the elderly. The Greek word geras, old age, has…