2008
May 06 Creepy New English Verb: To Tase
May 01 The Rhymeless Orange? repost
Apr 28 Plantgenets & Plantar Wart: Their Connection -repost
Apr 24 The Word Police - repost
Apr 21 Gorby - repost
Apr 15 Québec Words & Phrases - Part 9
Apr 11 Rare Words like Suppedaneum: Collection # 3
April 5 Porcelain - A Marco Polo Word
April 2 Boucan, Ballard Effect, Chanting the Cock, Misery Fiddle: Canadian History Words
Mar 29 Lariat, Lasso & Honda: Origin of Cowboy Words
Mar 25 Le Mitin: A Québec Borrowing from English
Mar 21 Giclée: A Printing Term
Mar 17 Québec Insults & Sayings - Part 8
Mar 14 Carotid Arteries - repost
Mar 10 Book Review # 1: Curse & Berate in 69+ Languages
Mar 06 Dmitri Medvedev: Origin of Russian Names
Mar 02 Telestrator: Origin of a Brand Name
Feb 27 Police: Origin of the Word
Feb 21 Tuque: Canada's National Winter Headgear
Feb 18 Quinzhee: Winter Shelter Word from Canada
Feb 14 Dilbit & Synbit: Alberta Oil Words & Places
Feb 10 Astrobleme: A Geology Word Examined
Feb 05 English Words from Chinese, Like Tea
Jan 30 Horse Words (rewrite and repost)
Jan 27 Canadian Sayings - New - Jan 2008
Jan 22 Lemon & Lime Word Lore: part of Fruit Names
Jan 19 Farce: Etymology of the Word (repost)
Jan 13 Sinus: A Medical Exam of the Word
Jan 09 Mottoes of Canada (revised & reposted)
Jan 03 ESL Sayings & ESL Tips
2007
Dec 30 Champagne: Origin of the Word
Dec 28 Winter Words & Rare Words
Dec 26 Toast & Toasting: Origins
Dec 19 Veisalgia = Hangover: Medical Word History
Dec 13 Thomas Nast: The Man Who Designed Santa Claus
Dec 09 Uncle Billy's Toys for 2008 - humour
Dec 05 Cryosphere & Cryonics
Dec 01 Slang of Canada, Part 2: Nippertipping & Bumsicle
Nov 24 Sousveillance: Coined by a Canadian
Nov 13 Nudnik, Nogoodnik & Nu: Yiddish from Russian
Nov 09 Some Letters to the Editor
Nov 03 “Bordens & Brownies” Can. Racetrack Slang
Oct 30 Wendigo: Cannibal Fiend of the North Woods
Oct 27 Oak Words 3: Oak Surnames & Place Names
Oct 22 Oak Words 2: Druid, Mistletoe & Oak Myths
Oct 17 Oak Words of the World - Part 1
Oct 10 Fennel & Finocchio: Origin of the Plant's Name
Oct 04 Sputnik: Russian Etymology of the Word
Sept 21 Canadian Sayings - A New Batch
Sept 16 Cow Words Part 3: Vaccine & Pecuniary
Sept 10 Cow Words Part 2: Cow, Vacca & Vache
Sept 6 Fee & Other Cow Words Part 1
Sept 01 Mi'kmaq "Food" Place Names of Nova Scotia
Aug 24 Klondike & Yukon Name Origins -revised
Aug 19 Pomegranate - A Naming Error -revised
Aug 13 The Vicar of Bray & A Nazi War Criminal -revised
Aug 08 Onion Words of English & French - revised
Aug 02 Hysteria: Just Death of a Medical Word -revised
July 29 Gorby - revised and updated
July 24 Sipiy:Algonkian Root in Can-Am. Names-repost
July 19 Canadian Summer Sayings - repost
July 16 Skookum: Chinook Jargon Word - repost
July 12 Herb as a Word
July 9 Profane Reflections - repost & revision
July 4 Panopticon of Verbal Rarities - Part 2
June 29 Dion & Dionne: Origin of 2 Quebec Surnames
June 24 Horse Words: Some Etymology
June 20 Unpublished Canadian Sayings
June 15 Pitcher Plant, A Newfie Carnivore
June 11 Alberta Horse Terms & Your Coccyx
June o6 Cephalic, the Vein with the Wrong Name
May 31 Marde & Merde & Other Quebec Vulgarisms
May 27 Origin of Surnames Abbott & McNab (revised repost)
May 22 Onion & Garlic Words in English & French
May 18 Chiard & Excremental Word Roots
May 14 Apple Words
May 09 Alberta Place Names & Can. Sayings
May 04 A Swarm of Bee Words
May 01 Ed Stelmach: Alberta Premier's Surname
Apr 26 Percebe: Spanish Word Entering English
Apr 21 Verbal Rarities
Apr 17 Farce: An Etymology (revised Apr 2007)
Apr 12 Nappy: Origin of a Racist Insult
Apr 09 Crowdsourcing: New Word - Old Scam
Apr 04 Albertosaurus: A Canadian Dinosaur
Mar 30 Rock Tripe: Wildness Emergency Food (repost)
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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