Articles by Stephen Dodson
December 2, 2009
A Year in Reading: Stephen Dodson (Languagehat) 2
The F-Word is a must for anyone interested in the most notorious of English obscenities. This book makes me proud to be a part of a civilization that could produce such a thing.
December 1, 2008
A Year in Reading: Stephen Dodson (Languagehat) 2
Stephen Dodson is a freelance editor in Hadley, Mass.; he is coauthor of Uglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit, a collection of international curses and insults, and sole proprietor of the blog languagehat.com.
As usual, my reading this year has focused on language and Russian history and culture, and I have books to recommend in each area.
The [...]
December 1, 2007
A Year in Reading: Languagehat 0
Languagehat is a freelance editor in Hadley, Massachusetts.
This year I have two pairs of books to recommend, one pair on language and one on history.
The subject I blog about, of course, is language, and this year I’ve read two books I can strongly recommend to anyone, The first is almost a decade old: Language Myths, [...]
December 10, 2006
A Year in Reading: Languagehat 0
Languagehat is a deep repository of interesting linguistic tidbits. An essential blog for those with an interest in language, Languagehat is also engaging enough to make regulars out of a monolingual like me. “Hat” was nice enough to share some of his favorite books from this year:
Jeff Prucher’s Brave New Words: The Oxford [...]
November 28, 2005
A Year in Reading: Three bests from Language Hat 0
Last year I asked a bunch of people, “what was the best book you read all year?” And throughout the month of December I posted the responses. Well, I’m doing it again this year and it looks to be even bigger and better. This time around, we’ll be hearing from authors, bloggers [...]
