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Arts & Letters Daily ideas, criticism, debate updated six days a week Arts Over America a complete listing of state art's agencies in the US Australian Storytelling interviews, articles and stories from around the world Directory of Writers' Conferences from the Writers' Conferences & Centers site Dublin Writers' Workshop Funds for Writers updated listings of grants, awards, contests, fellowships and more, with a free newsletter CardReps formerly Greeting Card Writer - resources and markets Creative-Writing.ch activities and postings for new writers International Children's Digital Library thousands of online books in 100 languages Ireland Literature Exchange Lifewrite.com a free writing class from author Steven Barnes Media Centre addresses and web links for syndication agencies The Muse's Muse songwriting tips & tools The Netwits get an education on humor writing from this group of professionals New Writer UK-based magazine for writers Novel Advice message boards and tips OzLit not the Oz books, but a vast source of literary info from Australia Poets & Writers online version of the magazine Preditors and Editors back on the net again, sponsored by SFWA, this is a much-missed resource, including its own "Warnings" page Random Name Generator stuck for a name? Rejection Collection you are not alone — everybody gets rejection slips Salon Audio the mp3 revolution comes to literature — free sample online readings from hundreds of authors - and you can submit your work Shaw Conference Guide a searchable index of conferences Sulekha website of the creative Indian community The Craft inspiration and tips from the BBC "Get Writing" section trAce Writing Community a virtual writers center Upcoming Writers' Conferences immerse yourself in your craft
Writer Beware alerts for writers Writers' Black Book of Deadbeats warnings from those who have been burned Writer's Block a Canadian site discussing the meaning of creativity Writer's Resource Center John Hewitt gives advice on writing basics, writers colonies Writers' Source links, articles about writing Writers Weekly Warnings publications to avoid Writing for Performance an odd assortment of articles for the writer WritingWorld.com Moira Allen's successor to Inkspot
The Alternative Dictionaries slang, profanities, insults and vulgarisms from all the world American Dialect Society scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America — and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it American Dialect Links some good sources, some not so good American Slanguages Ariga: A Glossary of Yiddish Expressions Bartlett's Quotations British Navy Slang Cambridge Dictionaries Online direct from Cambridge University Press Canadianisms Chiasmus.com devoted to the literary and rhetorical device known as chiasmus The Chinook Jargon trading pidgin of Northwest Indians and pioneers Chronology of English how it came to be what it is and when Cliche Finder for when you just can't hit the nail on the... uhm... ClichéSite.com a list of clichés with definitions and explanations Cockney Rhyming Slang complete with translator Collect Britain English accents and dialects from the British Library Dialect Maps where in America do they say "pee-CAN" and where do they say "pee-KAHN" ... fascinating stuff Dictionary of American Regional English visit for the free newsletters Dictionary of Newfoundland English Dictionary of Slang English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom Double Tongued Dictionary records undocumented or under-documented words from the fringes of English, with a focus on slang, jargon, and new words Drug Related Street Terms/Slang Words from Addictions.org Elizabethan Accents the proper way to pronounce "yoiks" English Accents and Dialects listen to the changing voice of England English-Yiddish Online Dictionary Ethnologue the separate languages, probable languages and dialects of the world The European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages of Europe's 370 million citizens, nearly 50 million speak a language other than the official language of the State in which they live Evolution of Alphabets this is a lovely site, with animated depictions of the change in letters and alphabets Food and Cooking Terminology: British to American Free Translation machine translation in six languages Glossarist searchable and categorised directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries Hieroglyphic Directory The Human Languages Page this great resource returns after a brief delay Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing International Dialects of English Archive downloadable files of English language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages The Japanese Slang Jisho Jazz Age Slang words used in the 1920s Language Tools online dictionary, thesaurus and translator Languages of the World The Linguistic Atlas Projects collection of projects that quantitatively describe American speech patterns Linguistic Geography of the Mainland United States Mercator overviews of territorial minority languages in the European Union and the media in those languages More Words find dictionary words for crossword puzzles, code words and word games Naval Terminology, Jargon and Slang New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy "forms the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy" New Zealand English to U.S. English Dictionary Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures and Signs Online Dictionary of Playground Slang mostly British and quite enlightening Online Rhyming Dictionary put in a word, get a rhyme Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words an informative and hopefully educational entry on a potentially controversial topic - bad language, from the BBC The Oxford Text Archive several thousand electronic texts in a variety of languages The Oxford English Dictionary now online Phonological Atlas of North America sound samples of regional dialect "shifts" Phrase Origins this site is a piece of cake Research-It dictionary, thesaurus, translator and more, all on one page Reverse Dictionary type in the definition, you get the word Riptionary surf lingo glossary Roget's Internet Thesaurus Selected Vocabulary Differences Between British and American English Sioux Heritage: Lakota Sioux language dictionary and audio Speech Accent Archive samples of accented speech from many 362 different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph Swearasaurus how to swear in 108 languages Trivia About the English Language and Word Origins United Kingdom English for the American Novice British (pardon the expression) colloquialisms Variety Slanguage Dictionary The Vocabula Review on language and words World War I Slang Word for Word origins of unusual words and phrases Word Reference free online translation dictionaries - Spanish/French/Italian to English Word Spy recently coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are now being used in new ways World Wide Words the history, quirks, curiosities and evolution of the English language Your Dictionary index of language dictionaries
American Heritage Book of English Usage Columbia Guide to Online Style Elements of Style Webpage the Strunk online version — a required resource MLA Style guidelines on MLA documentation style Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement information on citing sources from Dartmouth College Writing for the Web style guidelines Yale Web Style Guide for the HTML lover in you
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