A Writer's Space: Pamela's Place
Virtual Home of Pamela D. Lloyd
Links
My web presence is spread between several sites. You can visit me at any of the following:
Style Guide—My Virtual Home for my work as a non-fiction writer, editor, and technical communicator.
my 'read' shelf:
Resources
Celtic Dictionaries
- English to Welsh Lexicon
- Geiriadur ar-lein (Welsh-English/English-Welsh Dictionary)
- MacBain's Dictionary (Scottish)
- Irish Dictionary Online
Spanish Language Info
- Spanish Alphabet
- The Spanish Alphabet - Spanish for Beginners
- English to Spanish Dictionary
- Spanish.Language&Culture
- Learn Spanish: A Free Online Grammar Tutorial
- Collins Reverso Spanish >> English / English >> Spanish Dictionary
- Spanish Grammar Help
- Spanish Language: Learn Spanish Grammar, Vocabulary and Culture
An About.com Education Channel.
Multiple Languages Dictionary
Names
- Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
- The Baby Name Wizard: The Art and Science of Baby Names
- Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names
This is my favorite name site, along with its companion site, Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of Surnames.
This has lots of cool information, but I especially like The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager which shows a graph of the name's popularity by year, from the 1880s onward; my biggest complaint is that it's not clear which countries are used to determine popularity.
Another great site, when you're trying to set a story in a specific time. It also has a link to Popular Names by State.