Language

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another’s treasure. – Ambrose Bierce

• Wordwatching
• Books about language
• Read Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary
• Read and download stories by Saki (H.H. Munro)

 Links of Interest

• One-look:  a terrific way of checking many English dictionaries at once
• Another selection of on-line dictionaries
• The King’s English (FW & HG Fowler): on-line at Project Bartleby
• A selection of Samuel Johnson’s writings
• Arts and Letters Daily: the best collection of the best writing about ideas
• Comment and articles about language at The Vocabula Review
• Good language articles at Take Our Word For It
• Language reference works at Bibliomania
• See The Atlantic forum on language (well worth joining – it’s free)