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Howard Chang talks about why we love both online and print books and other resources about words. (1:50)

Dave Shepherd shares some suggestions by listeners for good online word resources. Thanks especially to Frank Jonen for The Devil's Dictionary and Eric Strauss for The Origins of Cliches. (4:36)

Howard Shepherd sings the praises of Bartleby.com. (5:56)

Howard Chang and Dave talk about many of their favorite online sites (7:25):

• The Oxford English Dictionary Online
• The Online Etymology Dictionary
• Dictionary.com
• Urban Dictionary
• Podictionary
• A Word a Day from Wordsmith.org

Song: 'Find the Words,' by Chandler (14:05)

Rude word of the week: 'plagiarist' (18:20)

Song: 'Blue Book,' by Jamen Brooks (21:26)

Howard Chang, Howard Shepherd, and Dave discuss their favorite word books (25:04):

• The New College Latin & English Dictionary
• The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White
• 100 Words Every High-School Graduate Should Know
• Latin for the Illiterati, by Jon R. Stone
• Amo, Amat, Amas, and More, by Eugene H. Ehrlich
• It's Greek to Me: Brush Up Your Classics by Michael Macrone
• An Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe, by Glanville Price
• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Expletive Deleted!, by Ruth Wajnryb
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynne Truss
• Writing Without Teachers, by Peter Elbow

Music courtesy of GarageBand.com

Theme music by Kick the Cat

time: 36:53

size: 16.9 Mb

rating: G (People of all ages should read word books.)