Digging up reliable etymologies takes a lot of elbow grease
By Dot Wordsworth
Like ‘television’, ‘pansexuality’ is a bastard form, founded half on a Greek word and half on a Latin one
By Dot Wordsworth
With some surprise I found reset has been in use since the early 17th century
By Dot Wordsworth
It started off by displaying what is called the adverbial genitive
By Dot Wordsworth
People prefer memorable tales, especially those involving acronyms, to the truth
By Dot Wordsworth
The variousness of dogs has ever been a leitmotif of dictionary discussions
By Dot Wordsworth
