Tip of the Tongue

Aside from love of the language of words, music and dance are part of my life.  I have done international (Balkan) dancing for over thirty ...

Animals are a vital part of human existence. We would starve without them, for one thing.  This significance is expressed in our vocabulary...

Having a birthday and blog creates an irresistible urge to share private thoughts about the matter.  The purpose is not to purvey for addit...

American school children are taught many dry facts about the making of the U.S. Constitution.  Some of them appear rather historical, i.e. ...

A name is a name is name, except when it is a thing.  Very few first names ever become common nouns but the process does occur occasionally...

One way sociologists divide the world is by religion. In other words, they identify the dominant religious belief in an area and analyze ...

As a popular mass media, movies have had a considerable impact on language.   For example, many famous lines from cinema classics from year...