Erin McKean, a keen lexicographer

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While browsing through the TED videos I came across this lovely, full of spank and enthusiasm lexicographer. After that I was hooked! I became such a fan that I thought that I could, maybe, gather in this post all the Erin McKean videos I could find online. This most certainly will not be an exhaustive list but I am sure if you watch even a couple of them you will become a fan and at the same time will see your dictionaries from a whole new perspective.

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Languages and Business Today and Solutions for Tomorrow, Lisbon 1-2/10/2010

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Languages and Business Today and Solutions for Tomorrow

Lisbon (Portugal), 1 & 2 October 2010

The financial crisis recently struck the global economies and its effects continue to be felt. Our conference last year, in Geneva in 2009, showed how changes have been occurring quickly in the language industries and the training of trainers.
Along these lines, we invite you to continue this essential reflection and to join us for the conference entitled “Languages and Business Today and Solutions for Tomorrow” organised by the International Association Language and Business (IALB) and the international network Tradulex, in Lisbon, Portugal, on 1 and 2 October 2010.

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How America got its name, Boston Globe, 4/7/2010

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By Toby Lester

The suprising story of an obscure scholar, an adventurer’s letter, and a pun

Each July 4, as we celebrate the origins of America, we look back ritually at what happened in 1776: the war, the politics, the principles that defined our nation.

But what about the other thing that defines America: the name itself? Its story is far older and far less often told, and still offers some revealing surprises.

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