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Barrow-downs Multi Name Generator


A more sophisticated Tolkien world name generator, not just limited to Hobbit names.

dead link: http://www.barrowdowns.com/middleearthname.php

2020 Update: The site still exists, and there is a page there, but it is broken and doesn't work. Only the home page of Barrow Downs looks functional, the rest of the site appears to be rot.

Language Log


This blog presents a linguist's view of world. Working from phrases and ideas found in current media, the blogger examines the grammatical and semantic significance of the examples.

dead link: http://www.languagelog.org/

2020 Update: At this remove, I can't be sure what I was looking at 2003. It probably was different than the now well known Language Log at UPenn, because who goes from "languagelog.org" to "languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu"? The second is a lot less memorable.

American Social Hygiene Posters


Historical (ca 1910 to 1970) propaganda posters urging a clean, STD free life.

dead link: http://special.lib.umn.edu/swha/IMAGES/home.html

2020 Update: that collection page is gone, but the University of Minnesota still has an extensive digital collection.

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