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What's in a word?
- 3 Oct 07, 11:05 AM
Words, words, words. As Hamlet once said. We all use them, and some of us love them. It is no surprise then that there are websites that tap into people鈥檚 interest in words. I鈥檝e taken a look at a couple of them.
On the face of it, you would think that websites about words are the perfect candidates to be accessible to everyone 鈥 but are they?
First up I took a look at . This is a social networking website and users can add their favourite words, discuss them, and show where they have been used on other websites.
The website is, as you might expect, largely text based which is good. It does get a little fancier when it comes to registering or logging in. That produced mixed results when tested with some screen readers, though it was fine with JAWS. The appeal of the website lies in the discussions, so to get the most out of it, you鈥檒l have to get involved.
Much more fun to dip into and have a quick look around is . Users simply enter their favourite words and explain what they like about them. Compared to Wordie, it is a bit less cutting edge, but the content is actually more compelling because the words are often embellished with short anecdotes as to why they are people鈥檚 favourite words. Reading that , because she spelled it wrong in a spelling bee as a kid and the consequences that had adds another level of interest.
The My Favourite Word website might not be full of neat web 2.0 tricks, but it is easy enough to get around, and submitting a word can be done via a simple form. So it is pretty accessible to everyone. The words will ultimately be made into a book, so it is a chance to get your name in print. It also shows how user generated websites have changed the way books can be written these days, too.
So a big thumbs up to My Favourite Word. It just goes to show that keeping things simple doesn鈥檛 just make a website inclusive, it can be more interesting for it.
My favourite word? Well, since you ask, 鈥渙nomatopoeia.鈥
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