Authentic American alphabet has 86 letters Sep 18, 2008
Noah Webster made it our official alphabet through his spellers, grammars, and dictionaries in the 19th century. There was at least one purely American alphabet, developed by Native Americans. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
'Read in' offers opportunity for poetry lovers Aug 28, 2008
The Noah Webster House was the obvious choice for Sassi's literary feast - for the ears - as Webster was, according to Sassi, "fascinated with language. His is, after all, our American dictionary. I think it's a good place for people who maybe haven't read too much, but want to be heard. [Webster's] vibes are here." Sassi opened the poetic forum with a poem - an encouraging elegy to poetry - by Emily Dickinson, reading that with poetry, "the truth must dazzle slowly." And the brave readers who... (West Hartford News, CT)
Letter was off base Aug 27, 2008
" Noah Webster, author of the first American Speller and the first Dictionary stated: "The moral principles and precepts contained in the scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Making an Arguement for Misspelling Aug 21, 2008
Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Teddy Roosevelt and even Noah Webster, father of American lexicography, all lobbied for spelling reform, their reasons ranging from traumatic childhood spelling experiences to the hope that easier communication would promote peace. In 1906, Mark Twain lobbied the Associated Press to use phonetic spelling. (Time.com)
Remembering magical football Fridays in LaFayette Aug 9, 2008
Snyder, K. Alan (1990), Defining Noah Webster: Mind and Morals in the Early Republic (New York: University Press of America). Story, Joseph (1833), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (Boston, MA: Hillard, Gray. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
7 comments Jul 4, 2008
"Noah Webster, the prominent political essayist who fought in the Revolutionary War, wrote: "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. (Human Events Online)
SUPREMES TO RULE ON GUN RIGHTS Jun 26, 2008
Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Expected Tomorrow - D.C. Wire. Subscribe to this Blog. (The Drudge Report)
HISSING OVER DISSING HISTORY Jun 1, 2008
I can't think of a reason we do not properly revere local writers Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, dictionarian Noah Webster (I mean, forget their clunky first names). Or that philanthropist person Peter Cooper who left us Peter Cooper Village. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Poet laureate brings poets, poetry lovers together May 16, 2008
She is currently planning a poetry reading, tentatively titled "Poetry Matters II," for late August at the Noah Webster House. Sassi hosted the first "Poetry Matters" at the Noah Webster Library in April. (West Hartford News, CT)
Letters to the Editor Apr 21, 2008
Noah Webster advocated this nearly 200 years ago because he understood the confusion that English spelling conventions cause. The only other alternative is to spend far more money on identifying children who are likely to fail and start helping them sooner and more than is the case now. (Christian Science Monitor)
This Day in History Apr 14, 2008
In 1828, the first edition of Noah Webster s American Dictionary of the English Language was published. In 1902, James Cash Penney opened his first store, called The Golden Rule, in Kemmerer, Wyo. (Montana Standard, MT)
Finding a spot in pre-K Apr 12, 2008
I used a systematic phonics book based on Noah Webster s BLUE-BACKED SPELLER. This successful and inexpensive curriculum is used in many private schools. I also taught my son to skip count by 2 s 5 s and 10 s. I created Twister Math by writing consecutive numbers on the Twister game cloth circles. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Thesaurus Unbound Apr 7, 2008
With his fresh and thoroughly researched account of Roget's life, Joshua Kendall sets out to do for his classic what Simon Winchester did for the OED's dictionarians in , while Noah Webster will get some attention later this year in and. (Already, Kendall is at work on a new look at Samuel Johnson. (Slate)
Who WasThomas Beecher? Mar 31, 2008
In 1857 he married Julia Jones, a granddaughter of Noah Webster, and they had a long and happy marriage. Beecher died on March 14, 1900, and left behind a thriving church and a reputation for charity and goodness that lives even until this day. (Suite101.com)
What's Another Word for ... Mar 9, 2008
United by Words: Noah Webster, Obsession, and the Creation of America's First Dictionary. Webster also had obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Boston Globe)
School Project Part Of Probe Feb 27, 2008
The investigators have asked for and received payment records for Diggs Construction the city's project manager on several school building projects and for Clopment, the construction manager for Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School, according to documents obtained by The Courant through a freedom of information request to the city treasurer's office ... One of the schools was Noah Webster. (FOX61, CT)
Flagler pupil heads to Jacksonville for regional spelling bee Feb 23, 2008
Noah Webster, the author of popular readers and spelling books for schools, published his first dictionary in 1806. His second dictionary was published in 1870 and contained more than 70,000 entries. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Languages Evolve In Rapid Bursts, Rather Than Following A Steady Pattern Feb 8, 2008
The emergence of American English took place when the American English Dictionary was introduced by Noah Webster. He insisted that as an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as Government. (Science Daily)
Running Dialog: New Languages Rapidly Spring from Old Ones Feb 3, 2008
He offers a few examples of these sorts of events, such as the sudden emergence of American English when Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. More recently, he says, black American English could fit the bill as an emerging idiom. (Scientific American)
Language evolves in quick bursts Feb 1, 2008
For example American English emerged abruptly when Noah Webster introduced the American English dictionary in 1789, insisting that "as an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government". But it has not previously been known whether such bursts of change are a regular feature of the evolution of human language. (Financial Times)
• Libraries Unveiling Renovations To Kick Off Year Dec 31, 2007
The Hartford Public Library on Main Street will celebrate its $42 million new look with five days of events, beginning with a noontime ribbon-cutting today; West Hartford's Noah Webster Library has its reopening festivities planned for Sunday ... " Planning for the library's redesign began in 1995. The first phase, a 45,000-square-foot addition with a parking deck, was completed in 2002. The second phase was the renovation of the existing building. The price tag was $42 million, Blalock said.... (FOX61, CT)
Emory Sekaquaptewa, 79, Hopi scholar Dec 24, 2007
TUCSON - Emory Sekaquaptewa, a university professor, anthropologist, judge, artist, and the "Noah Webster of the Hopi Nation," died Dec. 14. He was 79. (Boston Globe)
• What Would Webster Say? Nov 28, 2007
The builders of Blue Back Square named the development for favorite son Noah Webster's "blue-backed speller." Webster, a friend and contemporary of bon vivant Ben Franklin, went on to compile what is often credited as the first American dictionary, published in 1828 and he got "cemetery" right ... A prominent statue of Noah Webster was moved from a corner of the former board of education building to a prominent spot in the new development on South Main Street ... A final irony: Noah Webster's... (FOX61, CT)
Your Opinion Nov 19, 2007
Noah Webster worked ceaselessly for public education, providing schools with dictionaries, spellers, readers, and histories ... Noah Webster s historical drawings and comments on the inside covers and margins were for parents to explain to the children. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Suddenly, the asterisk is the star of the show Nov 9, 2007
While far less emphatic than the exclamation point, less abundant than the comma, and less exotic than the ampersand, the asterisk has been part of the grammatical world since Noah Webster left Connecticut for the Berkshires. Surprisingly, said Risk, the sports world is from where his orders are flowing. (Boston Globe)
City to become living classroom in new course Nov 5, 2007
In the second phase of the class, they will learn about the city's commercial expansion through Grove Street Cemetery, resting place for historic figures such as Roger Sherman and Noah Webster, as well as the Daily Herald newspaper. The third phase of the class will introduce teachers to New Haven's industrial landscape, along with related issues of immigration and neighborhood development. (New Haven Register, CT)
Ribbons being cut in Blue Back Square Nov 3, 2007
The event will be held on the new "Webster Walk" in West Hartford, which is just south of Town Hall near the statue of Noah Webster on West Hartford's South Main Street ... Another retail anchor just opened is a Barnes bookstore that probably does not carry a copy of Noah Webster's original Blue Back Speller, the grammar book for which the square takes its name. (East Hartford Gazette, CT)
A moment with...Noah Webster House Exec. Director Christopher Dobbs Nov 2, 2007
Noah Webster House Exec ... Noah Webster House Exec ... I completed my B.A. in history and then earned a M.A. in history museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Cooperstown, NY. Prior to arriving at the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society, I worked for Mystic Seaport as associate director of education. (West Hartford News, CT)
Putting in good word for 2007 Oct 31, 2007
Merriam-Webster, the 176-year-old company that claims to be the direct lexicographical heir of Noah Webster, has used various criteria in its selection of word of the year. Last year's was based on an online survey; in previous years, the winner came from the most searched words in its online collegiate dictionary, which can reflect what's hot at the moment in popular culture or world affairs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More of this story Oct 23, 2007
Some state and national leaders make entire careers out of twisting words and redefining definitions enough to make Noah Webster spin in his grave, depending upon how they define spin. I spent 12 years working for the federal government as a spokesmodel. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Exclusive: Chuck Norris proves Founders had God in mind when establishing U.S. Sep 17, 2007
U.S. leaders believed, as Noah Webster later elaborated, "The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it." The perception, however, that the U.S. did support a Euro-brand of Christianity had already exacerbated the holy war and caused the enslavement of thousands of our citizens. But America simply had no might, right or fight to pick with Muslims and the Barbary Powers. (WorldNetDaily)
* For dictionaries, spoken word is just not enough Sep 16, 2007
The philosophy comes from Noah Webster, the Merriam-Webster's patriarch, who published his first dictionary 200 years ago. Webster believed that language is constantly in flux, and that his dictionary could take a snapshot of popular words. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Talk about snitty! Sep 13, 2007
The philosophy comes from the Merriam-Webster's patriarch, Noah Webster, who published his first dictionary 200 years ago. Webster believed that language is constantly in flux, and that his dictionary could take a snapshot of popular words in the American vocabulary. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Schools fail to meet state standards Sep 1, 2007
Hartford: Annie Fisher Multiple Intelligence Magnet School, Barnard-Brown School, Bulkeley High School, Burns School, Burr School, Clark School, Dr. Joseph Belizzi Middle School, Dr Ramon E. Betances School, Dwight School, Fox Middle School, Hartford Public High School, Hooker School, Kennelly School, Kinsella Magnet School, M.D. Fox Elementary School, Martin Luther King School, McDonough School, Milner School, Moylan School, Naylor School, Noah Webster Micro Society School, Parkville Community... (Journal Inquirer, CT)
Getting there Aug 13, 2007
The destination we know, meaning the place we're headed, emerged only in the 18th century, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as a shortened form of the plodding "place of destination." Noah Webster, in his 1828 dictionary, commented on the streamlined new form: "The ship left her destination; but it is more usual to say, the place of her destination.". As for destination's new gig as an adjective, it's an old story in English. (Boston Globe)
Slavery in region on lesson plan Jul 30, 2007
The program was comprised of two, one-week professional development workshops with 40 teachers in each, and is a collaboration of the Architecture Resource Center, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Abolition and Resistance at Yale University, the New Haven Museum and Historical Society, the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society. The program was launched through a federal grant of $135,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for New Haven s Architecture... (New Haven Register, CT)
Greenfield village: Ford's living history museum re-creates American way of life, work Jun 10, 2007
Only in Greenfield Village, for example, do the Wright Brothers live around the corner from Thomas Edison's laboratory, and Robert Frost, George Washington Carver and Noah Webster are all neighbors ... There's the house where Noah Webster completed his 70,000-word dictionary; there's the house where Robert Frost wrote poems; there's the house where Stephen Foster made music. (Deseret News)
Rob's Newport Aquarium Riddle Jun 9, 2007
Sharks are everywhere this summer only during Shark Fest at the Newport Aquarium. Rare sharks that have never been on display in America have arrived from around the world and now there are more sharks at the Newport Aquarium than anywhere else in this hemisphere. (FOX19.com, OH)
Exclusive: Chuck Norris details 'Good Book' endorsements by forefathers Jun 4, 2007
Noah Webster, the "father of American scholarship and education," stated, "In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed. No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.". Joseph Story, associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court and the "father of American... (WorldNetDaily)
Memorial Day 2007 May 25, 2007
The keynote speaker will be Christopher Dobbs, executive director of the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society. Pizza and ice cream will be served in St. Peter Claver Parish Hall at 11 a.m.. (CTNow.com)
Language: Hip-hoppin' to the old skool May 20, 2007
" What about the rash of usages of old school, with its calculatedly variant spelling, old skool? Back in the day, the substitution of k for c in the word America - writing it as Amerika or Amerikkka - was a coded evocation of the Ku Klux Klan. Hip-hop style today deliberately defies spelling rules, especially ingrained irregularities. (Noah Webster tried to straighten out our spelling and failed.) Stanford's Professor Morgan: "The writing of k for words pronounced as k but written as c or ch in... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
A Conversation With ... Rob Landes May 8, 2007
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Visitors dig into cemetery history Apr 29, 2007
The draw to Grove Street Cemetery, for a group of about 20 people, was the chance to tour monuments and grave sites that mark the passing of legends such as New Haven s first mayor, Roger Sherman, who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; inventors Charles Goodyear and Eli Whitney; dictionary publisher Noah Webster; and Walter C. Camp, "the father of American football.". Standing just inside the Egyptian-style entry gate, designed by architect Henry Austin, who also... (New Haven Register, CT)
Obama Compares Va. Tech Tragedy to Verbal Violence of Imus... Apr 18, 2007
Ben Smith's Blog - Politico. Obama on Virginia Tech, and "Violence". (The Drudge Report)
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 15 Apr 16, 2007
Noah Webster published the first dictionary of American English in 1826. And John Steinbeck's novel of the Great Depression, "Grapes of Wrath," was published in 1939. (PR Newswire)
Slots, subs, brass, Bush, Pez, and lots of pork Apr 15, 2007
President Bush, Ethan Allen, and Benedict Arnold were all born in Connecticut, as were Noah Webster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, P.T. Barnum, Ralph Nader, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Katharine Hepburn, Glenn Close, Meg Ryan, Ted Knight, Ernest Borgnine, and Gary "Radar" Burghoff. The Thimble Islands in Long Island Sound are said to be named for the thimbleberry, a species of black raspberry that is seldom seen in the islands. (Boston Globe)
Bye-Bye, Boredom Apr 14, 2007
The Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society offers two, week-long workshops for kids ages 8 to 12 ... The Noah Webster House is at 227 S. Main St., West Hartford. (CTNow.com)
FULL HIGHLIGHTS Mar 16, 2007
Dictionaries and their makers, from Samuel Johnson and Noah Webster to Sir William Craigie and the University s work on The Dictionary of American English, will be considered, along with themes such as nationalism, standardization of language, and dictionary-making and use in a digital environment. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
`Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Aug. '95' Feb 27, 2007
"Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Aug. '95" reads his inscription on the picture, which turned up last summer in the Noah Webster Library when the staff was clearing its main building before yearlong renovations started ... In February 1917, a new library building was dedicated and named after native son Noah Webster. (FOX61, CT)
When chemistry meets culture: Scientists helping save rare art Feb 25, 2007
DePhillips, 69, has projects under way or slated for the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, the Mark Twain and Noah Webster houses, the Yale Center for British Art, and other institutions in Connecticut and nationwide. "The whole goal of art conservation is to preserve the original vision of the artist, not my vision of what it could or should be," said DePhillips, who also uses chemistry to sniff out frauds as an authentication specialist. (Newsday -- State)
Some opinions beyond understanding Jan 26, 2007
In the same spirit, Daniel Webster, U.S. secretary of state 1841-43, 1850-52, (not to be confused with Noah Webster (1758-1843, who wrote and compiled Webster s Dictionary) said: Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz. (Fayette County Review, TN)
Exclusive: Jill Stanek wallops news agency for refusing to call live births 'babies' Jan 25, 2007
What a ridiculous claim to define a born fetus as a child one that the gullible World Health Organization in 1950, United Nations in 1955, U.S. Congress and president in 2002, and even Noah Webster in 1828 all believed when adapting identical language to define non-fetushood. The AP's language mangling to obscure the humanity of live aborted babies is purposeful, a repeat offense. (WorldNetDaily)
Resolving to make '07 a tech-happy new year Jan 2, 2007
- Post a definition to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia where anyone can be Noah Webster. - Use an online photo service to create a photo book of a weekend getaway or a birthday party. (Chicago Tribune)
