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 Fayetteville, AR
qwc.uark.edu
Joined February 2009
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We are hiring undergrad and grad writing tutors for fall 2016. Upload a resume and writing sample: goo.gl/03nswq
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MIT's Global Language Network map is interactive: language.media.mit.edu/visua…
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The Economist
@TheEconomist3 Apr 2015
What makes a language “important”? How many people speak it? How wealthy those people are? econ.st/1GmpT2W
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University of Arkansas@UArkansas5 Mar 2015
UPDATE: #UARK offices will open at 1:30 p.m. First classes at 2 p.m. Razorback Transit routes will begin at 1 p.m. #UARKwx
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QWC opens for appointments at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 24. Make an appointment: idp.uark.edu/idp/Authn/UserP…
#UARK will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 with classes starting at 9:30 a.m. Razorback Transit routes will begin at 8:30 a.m. #UARKwx
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Correction: All #UARK offices and classes will close at 6 p.m. Razorback Transit will continue until approximately 7 p.m. #UARKwx
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"Linguists, are like, 'Get used to it!'" Britt Peterson@Boston Globe on "quotative like": bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/0…

Linguists are like, ‘Get used to it!’ - The Boston Globe

Why a new way to quote people has taken English by storm.

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Daily routines of famous people infographic: thisiscolossal.com/2015/01/t…

The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People

The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People cleverly organizes the daily schedules of famous artists, philosophers, writers, and composers as recorded in their own diaries and letters. Not only does...

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James Gleick@JamesGleick6 Oct 2014
If you “interrogate” anything but a person, I think you must be an academic. Or a transponder.
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Happy Banned Books Week. American Library Assoc map shows attempts to restrict or remove materials: maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U…

Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2011 - Google My Maps

Hundreds of books are challenged in schools and libraries in the United States each year. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, while a banning reflects the actual removal of...

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Google says, "tons of free books in the Google Play bookstore," even classics for classes: google.com/get/googletips/ca…
Scrabble players: dictionary w/5k new words released, including "quinzhee," a 401-pt killshot. hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…
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io9
@io94 Aug 2014
The Most Disastrous Typos In Western History on.io9.com/kOMVnZa
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This morning we're "squirreling away eggcorns." But just a few, we hope. cjr.org/language_corner/lang…
S. Pinker video: Writing in the 21st C. & his work on a modernized Strunk and White: edge.org/conversation/writin…
Jefferson's great writing. Declaration of Independence: monticello.org/sites/default… Vanilla ice cream recipe: loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/i…
NYT Dialect quiz maps your answers based on Harvard Dialect Survey: nytimes.com/interactive/2013…
Spelling Bee co-champs "exhaust the word list." washingtonpost.com/local/a-d… Round-by-round results: public.spellingbee.com/publi…

Co-champions declared at National Spelling Bee after two spellers run through word list

Only 31 spellers were standing after the morning rounds, and 12 made it to Thursday’s televised finals.

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Quick comma and hyphen review @ NYT's After Deadline: afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.…
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