Thanks to Nicole at A Capital Idea I have added another must-have book to my Wish List—"Empires of the Word: a language history of the world" by Nicholas Ostler.
If you like words you should be reading Nicole’s blog.
It really is far more interesting than its subtitle ("A copy-editing blog covering grammar and newspapers like they’re going out of style.") makes it sound. Sorry Nicole, no harm meant and maybe that sounds jazzy to some but it just doesn’t do much for me. But, her blog does tickle my mind in the all the right places.
