Comments on: Noah Webster’s American Language Revolution http://dopodomani.me/2009/10/16/dictionary-day/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Catalina Brandal http://dopodomani.me/2009/10/16/dictionary-day/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Catalina Brandal Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:51:56 +0000 http://dopodomani.me/?p=356#comment-641 Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again - taking you feeds also, Thanks. Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.

]]> By: dopodomani http://dopodomani.me/2009/10/16/dictionary-day/comment-page-1/#comment-38 dopodomani Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:47:28 +0000 http://dopodomani.me/?p=356#comment-38 Indeed! I love glancing through the dictionary aimlessly, finding new treasures. I always look forward to the annual announcement of new additions to our lexicography. I believe that Noah would have been so excited to see how our language is morphing under the sheer weight of the Information Revolution. I think he would be on the forefront of documenting the changes, and celebrating them to all... Indeed! I love glancing through the dictionary aimlessly, finding new treasures. I always look forward to the annual announcement of new additions to our lexicography.

I believe that Noah would have been so excited to see how our language is morphing under the sheer weight of the Information Revolution. I think he would be on the forefront of documenting the changes, and celebrating them to all…

]]> By: Holly Howard http://dopodomani.me/2009/10/16/dictionary-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Holly Howard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:21:58 +0000 http://dopodomani.me/?p=356#comment-37 A long, long time ago when I was a freshman in high school, I briefly attended a private, catholic boarding school. Before I was kicked out for being a little too different from all the rest, there were one or two things I learned and have carried and passed on to this day. As a requirement for a speed reading class, there were several books that were listed in the curriculum, one of which was the "Autobiography of Malcolm X." I remember how he chronicled his time in prison as a young man, and how he wanted to prove to himself and others that he was not just some dumb black man destined to spend his life in prison. He decided to educate himself. One of the ways he did this was by copying every word in the Webster Dictionary and rewriting and using each word in a sentence till he fully understood their meaning. Though not as diligently as Malcolm X, I too started playing this game on my own and later encouraged my son to practice this advice. There is power in them words! A long, long time ago when I was a freshman in high school, I briefly attended a private, catholic boarding school. Before I was kicked out for being a little too different from all the rest, there were one or two things I learned and have carried and passed on to this day.
As a requirement for a speed reading class, there were several books that were listed in the curriculum, one of which was the “Autobiography of Malcolm X.”
I remember how he chronicled his time in prison as a young man, and how he wanted to prove to himself and others that he was not just some dumb black man destined to spend his life in prison.
He decided to educate himself. One of the ways he did this was by copying every word in the Webster Dictionary and rewriting and using each word in a sentence till he fully understood their meaning.
Though not as diligently as Malcolm X, I too started playing this game on my own and later encouraged my son to practice this advice. There is power in them words!

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