Calling all word hounds...

[MysticMilt]

Hey all....

With all the grammar geeks and useless trivia freaks hanging out here, I was wondering if anyone knew of any killer eytmology sites? I thought I knew of one or two, but I was mistaken. Any URLs are much appreciated.

Danke!

--Milt

[Strainger]

Here's one: http://bay1.bjt.net/~melanie//take.html

There's a good copy-editing site with links at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/cas/jpc/copy.html

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

These are pretty good:
http://www.word-detective.com/ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/text/faq/usenet/alt-usage-english-faq/faq.html

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

These are pretty good: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/text/faq/usenet/alt-usage-english-faq/faq.html http://www.word-detective.com

[NicePete]

Flora said:
There's a good copy-editing site with links at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/cas/jpc/copy.html
Did you copyread your link? It didn't work.

I clicked on the link to find out what would be on a copy-editing site anyhow. Pages and pages of text to search for spelling a grammar errors? Layout sheets? Rubber cement comparisons? Headline counting techniques? What, I ask you, What!

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[Tengu]

http://www.randomhouse.com/jesse/



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[aseymayo]

Phrase origins:
http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm

[GuanoLad]

This might be a good one for you (http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html).

[tomndebb]

Try Dave Wilton's Etymology page:
http://www.wilton.net/etyma1.htm

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[TheIncredibleHolg]

The World Wide Words page: http://quinion.com/words/

[Monty]

Grammar Clinic: http://forums.educhat.com:8080/~grammar/ .

[MysticMilt]

Oh joy! Oh bliss! Thanks to all who responded to my posting. I now have enough websites to guarantee hours of ignored work. Woooo!

Thanks, y'all. =D

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Jennifer
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"Malt does more than Milton can/ To justify God's ways to Man"