Hey, guys! I remember some people asked for links to the Erin McKean video on lexicography and the changing "shape" of the dictionary. Here's the link: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html.
If you found Ms. McKean to be particularly charming, you also can watch her speak at Google:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1588634025806636713&q=erin+mckean+video&ei=yElsSKn9JYTErwLP2pyiDw&hl=en
She talks about the top 10 things she wishes people knew about dictionaries. (Who knew we were supposed to read the "front matter" of our dictionaries before using them? McKean also talks about it in an interview here: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-11/2005-11-30-voa1.cfm.)
More pertinent videos can be found here:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes/words_about_words.html
I especially recommend the Pinker one, but Susan Savage-Rumbaugh, Zeresenay Alemseged, and Murray Gell-Mann are all on my to-do list.
Also, some of you guys wanted the link for the eggcorn database. Alison helpfully included it on the sidebar. Now there's no way any of us can possibly get bored this summer. These links should, as Senora might say, "keep us cooking."
--Amy
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