The Word Detective [Kindle Edition]

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Product Description

The Word Detective on the Web is the online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers’ questions about words and language. The Word Detective is written by Evan Morris and appears in finer newspapers in the U.S., Mexico and Japan.

On the web since 1995, The Word Detective also offers a free searchable online archive of thousands of past columns.

The Word Detective is published monthly.
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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Publisher: Evan Morris (May 13, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0029U15ZI
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,438 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #56 in Kindle Store > Kindle Blogs > Humor & Satire

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful for word enthusiasts, May 16, 2010

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This review is from: The Word Detective (Kindle Edition)

I've always been interested in the origin of words and phrases, and that is what this blog gives you. It's a little unusual, and it took me a while to figure out how it works, so I'll save you the trouble... People go to the blogger's website and ask him to find the derivation of words they're curious about. He picks the ones he likes best, hunts for the derivations, and then releases a monthly issue that contains about 15 derivations. So, this blog is more like a magazine than a blog because you'll only get something once a month. On the first day of the trial you'll get the most recent issue. If the next issue is released during your trial period you'll get that next issue, but if the release date of the next issue doesn't occur during your trial period, you won't get anything at all for the rest of the two weeks.

The blogger uses humor often, so it's not just dry information. His sense of humor is like mine, so naturally I find him to be very funny. I like how he sometimes gets distracted by his own musings and ends up giving the derivations of one or two other words in addition to the one originally asked for. If you're into etymology you can hardly do better than this.