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Waldorf Salad

An etymological trip around the USA

This past month saw the publication of the fifth volume (Si-Z) of the magnificent Dictionary of American Regional English, an ongoing lexicographic project that has, over the past five decades, been tracking down and cataloging the seemingly infinite varieties of American English. DARE concerns itself with many words and terms that might not appear in [...]

Posted on: April 4 2012 | Posted by: | Comments: 0 | Categories: Dictionaries and lexicography, Word origins | Tags: , , , , ,

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