“I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.” WritingDifferentStoriesPeriodsRelevantDiariesDictionaryDialectSlangTime PeriodsOral History Author:Ron Rash
“A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go if you want to sit and think. But particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books. If you want to find out about something, the information is in the reference books---the dictionaries, the encyclopedias, the atlases. If you like to be told a story, the library is the place to go.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBookStoriesInformationRainLibraryDictionaryPlaces To GoEncyclopedia Author:E. B. White
“My parents were hippies, and the story is that they went through a dictionary looking for a beautiful word to name me. They nearly called me Banyan, but flipped a few pages on and reached "China," thankfully. The other reason they liked it is that "china" is Cockney rhyming slang for "mate." People say "my old china," meaning "my old mate," because "china plate" rhymes with "mate.” PeopleReasonStoriesBeautifulNamesParentPagesChinaMatesPlatesRhymeDictionaryHippieRhymingFlippedSlangBeautiful WordsCockneys Author:China Mieville