Monthly Archives: May 2005

Alt-Code Charts — now with Eth and Thorn!

Posted on Monday: May 30, 2005 by Michael Hendry

I made these up for work a few months ago, and some of you may find them useful. They are charts giving the standard Alt-codes for accented letters that are used in various software packages, for instance Alt-237 (on the … Continue reading →

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Pedantic Mondegreen

Posted on Wednesday: May 11, 2005 by Michael Hendry

A few days ago, the same friend whose book I so gravely defaced (see previous post) told me about Michael Quinion’s World Wide Words site,* which looks likely to fill many hours of my time in the next few weeks, … Continue reading →

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Ex Libris

Posted on Wednesday: May 11, 2005 by Michael Hendry

I thought I’d posted on this before, but Google disagrees. Apologies to anyone who has heard it before. The internet Classics list has been discussing how to say ‘Ex Libris’ in Greek, which reminded me (as so many things do) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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