Archive for September, 2008
Don’t Snigger at Sniglets
Words can be a fun pursuit, starting with the tracking of their creation and then tracing their eventual absorption into and evolution within the language.
The term neologism, a term signifying new words however odd their origin and unexpected their construction, was coined back in 1803. That was the year the first public library opened in […]
Faith and Folly
“Each man has his own way of betraying himself.” (Andrew O’Hagan, Be Near Me)
After having met and come away suitably impressed with Scottish writers Andrew O’Hagan and James Meek at the 10th annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal, I resolved to read and report on at least one book from each.
The first is […]
