"The sound of fireworks"

Guy Fawkes Day is barely past, New Year's just around the corner - so how do you describe a fireworks?

www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/the-sound-of-fireworks

And after that you might find some other features interesting too, as for example the blog entries on different kinds of regional English, from Canadian to Japanese (Quiz question: What do you think the word "panikuru" means?)

www.macmillandictionaryblog.com

Q&A with the Man Who Killed Pluto

... but our icy distant cousin might still make a comeback. The interview below is taken from a nice page for discussions of things circling out there.

www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mike-brown-discusses-dwarf-planet-pluto-101119.html

"We provide the best tools and highest quality video in the universe."

Proud words! And sure as gravity you'll find at least one thing there to love...
http://vimeo.com

"This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English"

... or do you know where the word "kiosk" comes from?

www.etymonline.com

Little games to play while you're waiting for something else to happen

Flash hangman and audio snap (and some other things as well)

www.manythings.org

Keeping the world strange: The Urban Dictionary

The Urban Dictionary - where language makes babies:

www.urbandictionary.com