Anu Garg: Word

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“The best way to enrich vocabulary is organically, by coming across words in their natural habitat, taking the time to learn about them, their histories, and making lifelong friends with them.”

The Philomath Speaks An Interview with Anu Garg (Dec 15, 2009) http://www.nas.org/articles/The_Philomath_Speaks_An_Interview_with_Anu_Garg

“A right word is the most direct route between two minds.”

A.Word.A.Day (Feb 17, 2014) http://wordsmith.org/words/escutcheon.html

“We're all surrounded by words like air, and we all need them even though they are often invisible, just like air.”

2002-11-28
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/technology/circuits/28garg.html?src=pm&pagewanted=all
A Word of the Day Keeps Banality at Bay
The New York Times
Katie Hafner

“There are exotic species of words jumping out inviting me to play. I weave them into a theme, a garland of words.”

2000-12-01
Smithsonian
WARNING: Log-o-phil-ia is Addictive
Rudolph
Chelminski

“A word in the head is worth two in the book.”

A.Word.A.Day (May 7, 2007) http://wordsmith.org/words/stormy_petrel.html

“English never met a word it didn't like.”

On English's propensity to borrow words from other languages, quoted in * 2000-12-01
Smithsonian
WARNING: Log-o-phil-ia is Addictive
Rudolph
Chelminski

“If you torture words enough, they'll confess to anything.”

On Finding Great Anagrams http://wordsmith.org/anagram/tips.html

“Only Anu Garg, the founder of Wordsmith. org, can make word facts this much fun.”

Samantha
Puckett
St. Petersburg Times
2003-01-19
Writing Life