Hi! I’m Benjamin Lukoff, a local historian born, raised, and living in Seattle. Writes of Way tells the stories behind the names of Seattle’s streets. writesofway.org/about #NameStudies #names #onomastics #LocalHistory #LocalHistorians #Seattle #names #streets #StreetNames #cities #history
About ~ Writes of Way
Welcome to Writes of Way! I’m Benjamin Lukoff, a local historian born, raised, and living in Seattle. As I write in my inaugural post, I’ve been an “address nerd” since I was very young, and a major c...
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November 15, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Hi! I’m Benjamin Lukoff, a local historian born, raised, and living in Seattle. Writes of Way tells the stories behind the names of Seattle’s streets. writesofway.org/about #NameStudies #names #onomastics #LocalHistory #LocalHistorians #Seattle #names #streets #StreetNames #cities #history
ICOS Summer School 2026: Digital Tools and Databases in Onomastics e-onomastics.blogspot.com/2026/01/appl... #onomastics #namestudies #namenkunde
Apply for the ICOS Summer School until 31 January 2026 and be part of the future of name studies
ICOS Summer School 2026: Digital Tools and Databases in Onomastics The International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) will host its thi...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM
ICOS Summer School 2026: Digital Tools and Databases in Onomastics e-onomastics.blogspot.com/2026/01/appl... #onomastics #namestudies #namenkunde
I learnt the word 'exochoronym' from this article: a name for a region not used in the region itself #NameStudies #Onomastics
‘The word “decipherment” is in a sense a misnomer. Ancient scripts are not ciphers. They were not designed to be unintelligible to outsiders or intentionally deceive.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Stevenson · Beyond Mesopotamia: Linear Elamite Deciphered
Decipherment has attracted more than its fair share of formidable scholars, enthusiastic amateurs and crackpots, all...
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March 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I learnt the word 'exochoronym' from this article: a name for a region not used in the region itself #NameStudies #Onomastics