Scientists at Reading University in the UK have crunched the numbers and determined the oldest words in the English language. Among the linguistic geriatrics are "I," "we,", "two," "three," and "five."They've also predicted the imminent demise of words including "squeeze" and "bad." Verbs and adjectives are particularly prone to drift. But don't go cutting pages … Continue reading Older than "Dirt"
Three Shopping Lists in One
The blog Largehearted Boy has an interesting interview with Lauren Groff, author of the recent Books & Bars pick The Monsters of Templeton. In it, she talks about the short stories in her new collection Delicate Edible Birds, pairing each with not only a related song, but also with a beer recommendation. So you can … Continue reading Three Shopping Lists in One
Could We Get a Little Love Here?
Look, no one loves a good Regency/zombie mashup more than me. I've devoted plenty of pixels on the M&Q blog about the forthcoming book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. (Read the items here if you haven't been keeping up.) But now I find out that the P&P&Z Facebook page has about ten times as many … Continue reading Could We Get a Little Love Here?
Musings from Magers and Quinn 