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Onomastics
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2007/12/17 - 9:32am
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By one of those curious coincidences that make life so interesting, I came across the word "onomastics" on the same day the topic about given names was posted.

(My reading material was Anatoly Liberman's Word Origins.)

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2007/12/17 - 9:43pm
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Very cool, dilettante! That book is a chewy (but tasty!) treat. Some of it is slow going, but it's a useful look at the way etymologists do their work, no?

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2007/12/18 - 4:35am
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As you say, it's interesting but sometimes a bit much for the non-etymologist.

And - double serendipity! I didn't know until this morning that you mentioned "onomastics" on the show this week!

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2008/03/07 - 5:21pm
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If it's a chewy treat, and it's a book about proper nouns, do you have to onomasticate it to get the most out of it? (Sorry, I just couldn't resist…)

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