Washington's Birthday skirmish

Want to see your favourite redcoats in action? Sigh at the rattle of the drum and the crash of musket fire! See the brave Hessians in their tall brass caps and incomprehensible accents. Behold the rabble of ill-armed farmers who dare to stand against England's might! Come one, come all to the Revolutionary War Encampment and Skirmish at Fort Ward PArk and Museum in Alexandria this Sunday. ( Read more... )

yes, I am a word geek

I found this today:

http://www.etymonline.com/

It goes into the collection, alongside

http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm
http://www.askoxford.com/?view=uk
http://alt-usage-english.org/big_faq.html

and odd things like

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A753527
http://www.atomiser.demon.co.uk/abbrev/
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/checklist.html

and things like

http://science.howstuffworks.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.bitboost.com/ref/international-address-formats.html

OK, maybe I'm just generally a geek.