Allen Walker Read (June 2, 1906 – October 16, 2002) was an American etymologist and lexicographer. Born in Minnesota, he spent much of his career as a professor at Columbia University in New York. Read's work Classic American Graffiti is well regarded in the study of latrinalia and obscenity. His etymological career included his discovery of the origin of the word "OK", a longtime puzzle, and his scholarly study of the history and use of the common English vulgarity "fuck."
AllenWalkerRead (June 2, 1906 – October 16, 2002) was an American etymologist and lexicographer. Born in Minnesota, he spent much of his career as a...
misspelling of "all correct". This origin was first described by linguist AllenWalkerRead in the 1960s. As an adjective, OK principally means "adequate" or...
serious candidates and "a few of the more picturesque or preposterous". AllenWalkerRead surveyed a variety of explanations in a 1964 article titled "The Folklore...
names like actor Steve Allen, psychologist Albert Ellis, scientist and visionary R. Buckminster Fuller, linguist AllenWalkerRead, and philosopher F. S...
in 1702) and "Connecticutensian" (Samuel Peters in 1781). Linguist AllenWalkerRead suggests the more playful term "Connecticutie". "Nutmegger" is sometimes...
or toilet stalls. An important work in the study of latrinalia is AllenWalkerRead's Lexical Evidence from Folk Epigraphy in Western North America: A...
essay by him. "Language Revision by Deletion of Absolutisms," by AllenWalkerRead. Paper presented at the ninth annual meeting of the Semiotic Society...
four volume edition was completed with the help of George Watson and AllenWalkerRead. The group referenced early literature depicting American regional...
Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics AllenWalkerRead (US, 1906–2002) English language glossary James Redhouse (UK, 1811–1892)...
(1907–2000), editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English, AllenWalkerRead (1906–2002), Clarence L. Barnhart (1900-1993), Laurence Urdang (1927–2008)...
character in the 2022 fiction book Bonny & Read by Julie Walker. Rachel House portrayed Read in the second season of Our Flag Means Death. Title character...
Marquardt, Fedor I. Nikanov, Abraham Tauber, Mimi (Mary F.) Delcuve, AllenWalkerRead, Irving Linn, Jesse Levitt, William C. Woolfson, Max Oppenheimer,...
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison...
cancer. Harry Ferrier, 82, Scottish football player and manager. AllenWalkerRead, 96, American etymologist and lexicographer. Henri Renaud, 77, French...
Society. 94 (1): 1–13. Retrieved 2022-10-11. Martin, Douglas (2002-10-18). "AllenRead, 96, the 'O.K.' Expert, Is Dead". The New York Times. New York City, New...
they had never been able to read them. And with Walker providing the code cards, this was one-half of what they needed to read the messages. The other half...
woman also spoke, and audio recordings of Walker were shared. The woman read out letters that she said Walker wrote, including one to her which stated:...
in anime, films, and video games. Some of his notable roles include AllenWalker from D.Gray-man, Death the Kid from Soul Eater and Natsu Dragneel from...
Walker Percy, OblSB (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical...
Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 – December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World...
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