A List of Sources

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Which means, in any case, I have a list of useful links that I have accumulated over the years and I hope help with whatever it may be you are doing. Some of them are English-y, some are Language-y, some are just kind of fun, but they should all help in any case. I like being organized (although my bookshelf won't tell you that), so each set of links will be under appropriate headings, should you wonder what that link would be useful for.

Oh, oh and each link opens in a new window.

Language

Word Reference
Blurb: This site is an online language dictionary and it is REALLY good. You can put in phrases or simple words and it will give you a standard definition, as well as principal translations, additional translations, and will have the word in a sentence in the various forms (plural, present, past etc...) Languages vary greatly.

Vocabulary


Knoword
Blurb: Knoword is a vocabulary site that really helps you expand your vocabulary. It provides definitions and you must fill in the word. There are levels and it really helps you get a handle on what words you "know" and don't, etc..

History


EyeWitness to History
Blurb: This site provides a lot of interesting primary sources (such as letters) as well as explanations of the events surrounded the primary sources. It can be a little confusing to figure out (the site, that is) but it can provide students (and history buffs) with interesting sources.


Terry Jones' Medieval History
Blurb: (Straight from the website) Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is a BBC documentary series presented by Terry Jones, looking at the Medieval world with the intent of finding out what it was really like. The series consists of eight episodes, each of which examines a particular Medieval personality: the peasant, the monk, the damsel, the minstrel, the knight, the philosopher, the outlaw and the king. The series reveals that what most people believe life was like in the Middle Ages is totally wrong. For example, the medieval knight were far more interested in the fine arts of killing people and profiting from war than romantic notions of chivalry.


Super Sizers Go...
Blurb: This youtube video is the start of an episode of the Super Sizers, a British Television show that explores the history of food from Ancient Rome to (almost) Modern times in Britian--by eating it! It's a very entertaining, certainly more then simply reading about it since there is something slightly stomach turning about watching a grown man and woman eat a pig snout (among other such delicacies). 


English


Tone/Attitude Words
Blurb: The name pretty much says it all.


Other Words For Said 
Blurb: Again, title says it all.


Internet Shakespeare Editions
Blurb: Everything and anything Shakespeare. Plays, you got it. Explanations, even odd artifacts. This site has saved me when I've forgotten my Norton Anthology.


There will be more to come later!