Grant Barrett

The excellent Grant Barrett aka Mo Nickels has started a new word site:Double-Tongued Word Wrester records words as they enter and leave the English language.

languagehat.com: DOUBLE-TONGUED WORD WRESTER. 2004

Its recent hire of Engagement Editor Grant Barrett, who will continue to host his KPBS news program while assuming the new position.

Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D.: Journalism Students Take on Role of Digital Pioneers Ph.D. Sara-Ellen Amster 2010

Some people have speculated Yiddish origins, but I think Grant Barrett nailed it in an 2004 Chicago Tribune article about "meh" and "D'oh" -- "I suspect they're both just transcribed versions of oral speech, which has any number of single-syllable sounds that mean a variety of things."

John Hodgman on "meh" - Waxy.org 2009

My friend Grant Barrett did a great job of capturing exactly why I recommend the ferry:

How to Visit New York: What You Can Skip - Anil Dash 2007

So, I return to the classics, Double-Tongued Word Wrester, the excellent word blog by Grant Barrett, noted lexicographer and author of the upcoming Official Dictionary of Unofficial English.

Do you love words? - Anil Dash 2006

Grant Barrett, project editor of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang, writes to say they're looking for letters of support from users of the existing two volumes of the dictionary: Editing is currently underway for the final two volumes in the P-Z range with Volume III tentatively scheduled for release in 2006.

languagehat.com: SUPPORT HDAS! 2005

Many thanks to Grant Barrett for alerting me to the link; I should add that Pinyin.info has all sorts of goodies, including a list of Taipei street names in Chinese characters and Hanyu Pinyin.

languagehat.com: CRISIS. 2005

They include Steve Kleinedler, 38, who is second in command at American Heritage and has a phonetic vowel chart tattooed across his back; Grant Barrett, 34, project editor of The Historical Dictionary of American Slang, whom Ms. McKean describes as looking as if he'd just as soon fix a car as edit a dictionary; and Peter Sokolowski, 35, an associate editor at Merriam-Webster and a professional trumpet player.

languagehat.com: TWO FROM THE TIMES. 2005

The whole article is interesting, and it's always good to see Grant Barrett getting some press.

languagehat.com: TWO FROM THE TIMES. 2005

Grant Barrett sends along the following linguistic puzzler:

languagehat.com: PUZZLE. 2004