Adrian Room
Biographic Data
| ID | 740901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Room |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Room |
| SIGNATURE | ROOM A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dictionary of Coin Names
Originally published in 1987, this Dictionary gives the origins of the names of nearly 1000 coin denominations worldwide, including both historic names, such as angel, doubloon, leopard and scotus and current names such as dollar, rupee and yen. Several coin names are inter-related, such as the dollar and the thaler, the dinar and the denarius and such names are fully cross-referenced in the book, enabling readers to trace the genesis of a partic…
Dictionary of Trade Name Origins
A Dictionary of True Etymologies
Originally published in 1986 this dictionary gives the true etymologies, as far as they are known, of many English words that have frequently come to be associated with quite another, false origin. Among such words are those that have long been wrongly attributed in the language such as acorn, belfry, carnation, mosaic and saltcellar which are nothing to do with corn, bell, coronation, Moses or cellar, as it appears, but have quite a different et…
An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies
Troubled Times
ADRIAN ROOM looks at occasional boobs and blunders in Britain's traditional newspaper of record
Axing the accent
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Decoding the postcode
Following up Dennis Baron's ‘Dial 1-800-M4MURDR’ (ET33, Jan 93), ADRIAN ROOM describes the development and nature of the British and other codes for postal addresses
Literary Linkage: The Naming of Serial Novels
While many writers of serial novels do not devise mutually related titles for their works, some do, especially in popular fiction such as crime novels and children's literature. The titles may be linked either by repetition or by a more subtle device such as variations on a generic theme
Saints and Sites: The Interrelationship Between Church Dedications and Placenames in England
A personal name in an English placename may be that of the saint to whom the local parish church is dedicated, as notably in Cornwall. Some church dedications, however, evolved from a misinterpretation of the placename. Conversely, some placenames apparently preserving a saint's name are actually based on a secular personal name, even when prefixed by St
Axing the apostrophe
What would English be like if it completely lost its most contentious and troublesome punctuation mark
The Case For Casterbridge: Thomas Hardy As PlacenaDle Creator
In common with other nineteenth-century English novelists, Thomas Hardy substituted fictional placenames for true ones in his writing. However, he did not merely devise names at random, but imaginatively created new names that were almost all historically or geographically significant, as well as being toponymically authentic, incorporating established placename elements. He thus, for example, renamed Wareham as Anglebury, for its Anglo-Saxon ass…
Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles
A guide to over 4000 placenames in the British Isles. Placenames are a source of information about both local and national history and can also tell the story behind many people's names, the countryside and local families
Naming the Pacific
Confusables / Confusibles
Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles
A guide to over 4000 placenames in the British Isles. Placenames are a source of information about both local and national history and can also tell the story behind many people's names, the countryside and local families
Confusables / Confusibles
Naming the Pacific
Axing the apostrophe
What would English be like if it completely lost its most contentious and troublesome punctuation mark
The Case For Casterbridge: Thomas Hardy As PlacenaDle Creator
In common with other nineteenth-century English novelists, Thomas Hardy substituted fictional placenames for true ones in his writing. However, he did not merely devise names at random, but imaginatively created new names that were almost all historically or geographically significant, as well as being toponymically authentic, incorporating established placename elements. He thus, for example, renamed Wareham as Anglebury, for its Anglo-Saxon ass…
Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles
A guide to over 4000 placenames in the British Isles. Placenames are a source of information about both local and national history and can also tell the story behind many people's names, the countryside and local families
Literary Linkage: The Naming of Serial Novels
While many writers of serial novels do not devise mutually related titles for their works, some do, especially in popular fiction such as crime novels and children's literature. The titles may be linked either by repetition or by a more subtle device such as variations on a generic theme
Saints and Sites: The Interrelationship Between Church Dedications and Placenames in England
A personal name in an English placename may be that of the saint to whom the local parish church is dedicated, as notably in Cornwall. Some church dedications, however, evolved from a misinterpretation of the placename. Conversely, some placenames apparently preserving a saint's name are actually based on a secular personal name, even when prefixed by St
Decoding the postcode
Following up Dennis Baron's ‘Dial 1-800-M4MURDR’ (ET33, Jan 93), ADRIAN ROOM describes the development and nature of the British and other codes for postal addresses
Axing the accent
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Troubled Times
ADRIAN ROOM looks at occasional boobs and blunders in Britain's traditional newspaper of record
An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies
Dictionary of Coin Names
Originally published in 1987, this Dictionary gives the origins of the names of nearly 1000 coin denominations worldwide, including both historic names, such as angel, doubloon, leopard and scotus and current names such as dollar, rupee and yen. Several coin names are inter-related, such as the dollar and the thaler, the dinar and the denarius and such names are fully cross-referenced in the book, enabling readers to trace the genesis of a partic…
Dictionary of Trade Name Origins
A Dictionary of True Etymologies
Originally published in 1986 this dictionary gives the true etymologies, as far as they are known, of many English words that have frequently come to be associated with quite another, false origin. Among such words are those that have long been wrongly attributed in the language such as acorn, belfry, carnation, mosaic and saltcellar which are nothing to do with corn, bell, coronation, Moses or cellar, as it appears, but have quite a different et…
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