2007
Mar 23 Capillaire & Wintergreen Teas (repost)
Mar 18 Sipiy (Algonkian) = River (English)
Mar 15 Mangeurs de lard: Canadian Historical Insult (repost)
Mar 11 Snow Motto has Ancient Greek Source (repost)
Mar 7 Vole & Viking Words in English
Mar 3 Frankum: Newfoundland Gum (repost)
Feb 26 Death Euphemisms like VSA and Passing
Feb 21 Québec Phrases using Gorlot
Feb 17 Tuque & Other Québec Expressions Part 6
Feb 15 Crokinole: A Canadian Word?
Feb 14 Saint Valentine's Day 2007
Feb 11 For the Love of Mike: origin of the expression
Feb 11 Bastard Canoe
Feb 05 Québec Sayings # 5 & Metathesis Explained
Feb 01 Québec Bread Words & Meanings of Habitant
Jan 30 Canadian Saying about Stephen Harper
Jan 26 Locker-Boxing: Amateur Hockey Violence
Jan 24 As The Canoe Tips: Excerpt from my book
Jan 20 Notes from The Wording Room - # 1
Jan 17 No Rhyme for the Word Orange?
Jan 14 Arabic Place Names of the World - 1
Jan 10 Panopticon of Verbal Rarities-1
Jan 08 Hoodoo Origins & Dictionary Makers
Jan 05 L'Épluchette:Quebec Corn Roast/Husking Bee
Jan 02 Bad Names for New Cars
2006
Dec 26 Canadian West Coast Expressions
Dec 21 Québec Current Expressions - Part 4
Dec 17 Schnoodles & Schnotties: New Dog Breed Names
Dec 13 Calgary Stampede Word Origin
Dec 06 Mask, Masquerade, Mascara & Mas Band
Nov 31 Skid means 'Street Kid'
Nov 23 Anishinaabe: Origin of an Ethnonym
Nov 19 Prickly Pear Cactus & Nopalitos
Nov 12 Catnip & Cat: Word Origins
Nov 06 Lord & Lady: Their Surprising Origins
Nov 01 Donner la Bascule: Québec Birthday Toss
Oct 26 Inuit Noise Ghost: 100% Canadian Monster
Oct 22 Quebec Sayings/Locutions Québécoises-Part 3
Oct 19 Fulda, Saskatchewan: Origin of the Place Name
Oct 15 To Parp a klaxon: British Phrase Examined
Oct 10 Fireweed: Flower of the Yukon
Oct 07 Unpublished Canadian Sayings Oct 2006
Oct 03 Miner's Lettuce: A British Columbia Phrase
Sept 28 Québec Words/Des Expressions Québécoises
Aug 28 French Canadian Sayings/ Les Dits Québécois
Aug 21 The Birch Tree: Word Lore & History
Aug 17 Hudson's Bay Hymnbook: Historical Slang
Aug 13 Canadian Sayings about Death
Aug 04 Canadian Words & Sayings: My New 2006 Book
Aug 03 Frankum: A Newfoundland Chewing Gum
Aug 01 Racist Slang of Canada
July 29 Abbott & McNab: Origin of Surnames
Apr 11 To Fox a Horse: PEI Historical Phrase
Apr 04 Italy or Italia: Origin of the Country's Name
Mar 26 Plantagenets & Plantar Warts: Their Connection
Mar 21 Dudek: A Canadian Poet's Surname
Mar 17 Tilley: Famous Canadian Surname
Mar 12 Rock Tripe: Emergency Wilderness Food
Mar 06 Crokinole: A Canadian Word?
Mar 02 Canadian Sayings Explained for ESL Students
Feb 25 Canada Yew: Origin of name & botanical name
Feb 21 Snye: A 100% Canadian Word
Feb 17 The Real McCoy: ACanadian Inventor
Feb 12 Stumping: Love in Pioneer New Brunswick
Feb 10 Butter Tart: 100% Canadian
Feb 03 Mozart: The Surprising Origin of his Surname
Jan 27 Ciao! Hello! The Origins of Words of Greeting
Jan 22 Banting: Origin of a Famous Canadian Name
Jan 18 Colcannon Night in Newfoundland Labrador
Jan 14 Veronica Tennant: origin of the artist's names
2005
Dec 23 Bobskates
Dec 18 Hell's Out for Recess: Newly Collected Saying
Dec 14 Fidiot: New Word
Dec 11 Capillaire & Wintergreen: Teas of the Woods
Dec 01 Summer Words for a Winter Day
Nov 28 Features & Services Links Page
Nov 23 Botanical Names: A Quick Guide
Nov 12 Cocagne, New Brunswick: Place Name Origin
Nov 08 Alberta Saying about Cattle Ranching
Nov 05 A Canadian Folk Saying about Fear
Oct 25 Moose Muffle Soup: Canadian Pioneer Recipe
Oct 11 Brand-new: origin of an adjective
Oct 02 Antumbra & Words Derived from Latin umbra
Aug 29 Michael Ignatieff: Origin of his Surname
Aug 24 Cyberbully: Canadian Coinage
Aug 18 Origins of the Names of the Great Lakes
Aug 12 Digitariat: Newish Computer Word
Aug 8 Funis, Latin 'rope' & Funiculi, Funicula!
Aug 1 10 Sayings Every Canadian Should Know
July 30 Sockeye Salmon & Ichthyology
July 25 Skookum: A British Columbia Word
July 22 Canadian, Eh? — The True Story
July 17 Eggplant & Aubergine
July 14 Happy Canadian Summer Sayings
July 10 Hysteria: Just Death of a Medical Word
July 8 Carotid Artery: Origin of Med. Terms
July 4 Sebum: Origin of a Medical Term
June 26 Wog: Origin of a Racist Insult
June 20 Nova Scotia Blueberry Grunt
June 11 Mangeurs de lard & Hivernants
June 7 Zed & Zee in Canadian Speech & Spelling
May 31 Summer & The Seasons: Origins of the Words
May 25 Labrador: Meaning of the Place Name
May 21 Canadian Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense
May 17 Belinda Stronach: Her Given Name Origin
May 16 Lunenburg Pudding, Bowels & Sausages
May 11 Profane: Etymology of the Word
May 9 Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
May 7 Mother: Etymology of the Word
May 5 Orillia: Spanish Place Names in Canada (1 of 3)
Tofino, Quadra, Galiano, Valdes (2)
Almonte, Oro Grande Gulch, Alhambra (3)
May 1 Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum
Apr 28 Castor canadensis: origins of name
Apr 25 Beaver
Apr 21 Clavier, Clef, Clavell, Enclave, Exclave
Apr 20 Autoclave & Moon Base Clavius
Apr 19 Clavicle: New Origin of Anatomical Term
Apr 18 Conclave, Keys of the Kingdom
Apr 15 Klondike & Yukon, Gwich'in Words
Apr 11 Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea
Apr 08 Gorby: Muskoka Insult Word
Apr 05 Kiack: Origin of Nova Scotia Fish Word
Apr 02 Canadian Primrose: Origin of Botanical Name
Mar 30 Asbestos: Changing Quebec Town's Name
Mar 25 Keanu Reeves: Meaning of his Name
Mar 20 Spruce - Part 2
Mar 17 Spruce: Origin of the Tree Name
Mar 12 The “Vicar of Bray” Saying
Mar 07 Diana Krall: Meaning of her Names
Mar 03 Canadian Winter & Cold Sayings
Mar 01 Sports Coach & Hungarian Cart: Same Word!
Feb 23 Pomegranate: Mistake in its Botanical Name
Feb 20 Festiglace & Québec Winter Words
Feb 17 Chimo: The Meaning of an Inuit Greeting
Feb 13 New Brunswick's Stumping
Feb 09 Newfoundland's Brewis
Feb 01 Cappuccino: Origin of the Word
Jan 28 Snow Phrase Origin in Ancient Greek
Jan 23 Kalan Porter's New Word of the Year
Jan 18 Avril Lavigne's Surname Explained
Jan 15 Famous Canadian Surnames Explained
Jan 12 Do Dogs Do Snow Angels? : a Photograph
Jan 12 Word Notes & Comments: A New Section
Jan 11 Wanigan: Born in New Brunswick?
Jan 06 Nicolas de Chamfort biographical sketch
Jan 05 Crummy: A British Columbia Logging Word
Jan 02 Bonspiel: Origin of a Curling Term
Jan 01 Medieval Woodcut of Time Analyzed
Jan 01 Comment on Blake's Book of Job Illustrations
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