A member today asked to be given URL's to word sites. Here are a few, perhaps others will contribute more.

tsuwm's site http://members.aol.com/tsuwm

http://www.worldwidewords.org

http://www.word-detective.com/

http://www.users.bigpond.com/burnside

http://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/dict.htm The Grandiloquent Dictionary

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_232.html

http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/

If there is anyone out there who is interested in Poems in Lancashire dialect, then try
http://www.thehistoryof.co.uk/Lancashire/

All sorts of things about Lancashire in there as well as poems, but I particularly recommend "Albert and the Lion" and "Sam, pick oop tha musket."

Well, we shouldn't forget the 'Outside Links' right here at wordsmith.org:
http://wordsmith.org/awad/hotlist.html

And I have to give this link which I first heard of here too:

The Forest of Rhetoric
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

May I suggest Max, that you write a concise description to go with each of the links. I'm sure those dialing-in would appreciate it

Rhuby, Albert and the Lion is my favourite - I am nearly word (but not accent) perfect. I have an album of monologues by Stanley Holloway and they really are droll. Thanks for th elink, there are some I hadn't seen before.
Rod

Dear MaxQ: What a splendid job you have done with the links. I believe that every one of the people who visit us as well as all the regulars will find it a marvelous source of information and recreation. Please also periodically bring it back up to the top, plus jmh's post. Thanks a million, Bill

Dear Max. How about adding http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/d0011626.html

P.S. Dear Mav, since PMs are unwelcome, I will express my gratitude for the URL below here. It will be a very pleasant fill in when the board is slow, as so often happens. Thanks again Bill

Great job, Max. I was about to suggest http://www.cobuild.collins.co.uk/wordwatch.html as I find their weekly email quite interesting (for anyone not already familiar, this is based on a vast computer databased 'corpus' of English some of which is from spoken media as well as writen - like a living dictionary of what is, not what 'should be') - however, I see it is already listed on Anu's cross-linked page. OTOH, so are some of the others duplicated... up to you.

Here's some interesting sites:

http://www.emule.com/poetry/ The Poetry Archives...over 3745 classical poems by 145 different authors, dating from the mid-Twentieth Century back...AND a lively and intriguing discussion board.

http://www.photoaspects.com/chesil/ - Chesil's Favourite Poetry. Another wonderful archive of work from a devouted and scholarly gentleman with a leaning toward English works.

http://www.americanwriters.org The companion website for C-SPAN's brilliant American Writers, a journey through history series, an examination of 138 authors and their works in a historical context starting with William Bradford and The Mayflower Compact and running through 1975. Site includes author bios, description of featured works, discussion boards, chats, a book club, and teaching kits. If you love the written word, this is a great place to explore! And I urge all teachers to consider using this program in school...all levels from grammar to high school are currently studying along.

http://www1.btwebworld.com/quote-unquote/index.htm - Quote/Unquote. A fascinating site which offers quotes that have forgotten their sources as it were. The origins of the quotes posted are a tough chore to unravel. Many of the quotes on the "hard' list have been on the board for years! But solve one with a legitimate, verifiable source, and the gentleman who runs the site will send the solution to the seeker, give you a nice mention in the newsletter, send you a thanks, and remove the quote you "nailed" from the board (thus ending the forlorn journey of yet another source searcher). But careful, it's addictive!

http://www.wordnerd.com
Especially interesting for anyone involved in media or communication.

Tried that, Ann, and got a message I've never seen before: "Your broswer has sent incorrect information to the server.
This is most likely caused using by an obsolete browser version..."
[shrug]

is it possibly http://www.wordnerd.homestead.com??

atta*girl

Thank you all. Sorry for the confusion. Some funny stuff on the site if you browse around.

Sam said, 'He knocked it down reet! Then he'll pick it oop, or it stays where it is, at me feet
Thanks for that link, Rhuby. I'm not sure if I could understand some of this if I simply heard someone say it.

I added a site that has a lot of word and language topics.

http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/

Back in view. please.

I have just been to Max's site, and he has added ojohaven, and the link to the origins of English sayings. He has also put Maverick's poem "Common Tongue" up, I hope that he asked maverick before doing so.

Max is never less than the complete gennlmun

For an excellent review of figures of speech:

http://www.unipissing.ca/faculty/williams/figofspe.htm#Tropes