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  • Barbara Ann Kipfer

    Barbara Ann Kipfer is the author of more than 50 books, including the bestselling 14,000 Things to be Happy About and The Wish List, Instant Karma, 8,789 Words of Wisdom, Self-Meditation, and The Order of Things. Barbara has an MPhil and PhD in Linguistics, a PhD in Archaeology, and an MA and PhD in Buddhist Studies. She is a lexicographer and ontologist. Her websites are www.thingstobehappyabout.com and www.referencewordsmith.com.

    Latest articles by Barbara Ann Kipfer

    Instead of writing things down in a journal, as our authors of yore did, we commit our thoughts to a computer record.

    Tweeting and blogging are the new commonplacing

    feature Personal journals, known as commonplaces, used to be incredibly popular. In the digital age, we're still enamored with this practice. We just do it differently

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    • Thesaurus

      Why other languages don't use thesauruses like we do

      feature And other strange truths about these handy-yet-unsatisfying reference books

      By Barbara Ann Kipfer Last updated 8 January 15

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    • Dictionary

      9 reasons why print dictionaries are better than online dictionaries

      feature Unplug!

      By Barbara Ann Kipfer Last updated 8 January 15

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    • Memorizing words

      How to make a newly learned word 'stick'

      feature For your brain to process and retain new information, you've got to think!

      By Barbara Ann Kipfer Last updated 8 January 15

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