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Alan Cooper's Page on Homonyms
Extensive list of homonyms from various sources.
http://www.cooper.com

Alt.usage.english FAQ
FAQ file by Mark Israel as of 29 September, 1997.
http://www.faqs.org

Canadian English
Asserts Canadian English emerged independent of American and British dialects.
http://www.jkcc.com/

Common Errors in English
Clarifies confusion about homonyms, misspellings, expressions, idioms, grammar and more.
http://www.australia5.com/

Guide to Bostonian English
Covers pronunciation, vocabulary and place names of this city's unique dialect.
http://www.boston-online.com/

Student Papers on American English
From the Dept. of Translation Studies, Univ. of Tampere, Finland.
http://www.uta.fi/

Talk Tidy. The Language of South Wales as an Art Form.
An indexed dictionary describing, in humorous fashion, the English dialect used in and around the Valleys of South Wales.
http://talktidy.com/

The Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature
An organization of people determined to resist the abuse and misuse of English in the news media and elsewhere.
http://www.mindspring.com

Triplehoms
Collection of triple homonyms, like "to, too, two."
http://www.triplehom.com

Usage Experts Change Their Minds, Too
Anne H. Soukhanov, lexicographer, shows that abstract usage rules are not set in concrete.
http://www.eei-alex.com

Web Frequency Indexer
Contains a script that shows the frequency of a word in some text that is entered.
http://www.georgetown.edu

World Wide Words
History, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. New words and words in the news regularly featured.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/