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Sigma Tau Delta

Additional Links

These are some links that you may find fun, informational, or useful. We have included places on the Internet to go to have fun with language, and even links to our members' personal web sites! Enjoy your journey on the World Wide Web.

Organizational and Academic

• Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society
  The web site for the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society.
• Northern Illinois University English Department
  The English department that is home to the Xi Delta chapter.
• Northern Illinois University
  The university that is home to the Xi Delta chapter

Web Development

• HTML Dog: HTML Beginner's Guide
  A well-organized tutorial for people with no previous coding experience.
• W3Schools: HTML Tutorial
  W3Schools has tutorials for HTML, WML, XML, ASP, programming, databases, and general web building.
• Webmonkey: HTML Basics
  A variety of articles on web design. The Webmonkey site has basic tutorials as well as resources for more advanced users.

Fun With Language

• Shakespearean Insults
  Curse someone the Shakespeare way.
• An tInneal Mallachtaí - The Curse Engine
  Generate curses in Irish!
• Mark Rosenfelder's Metaverse
  Lots of stuff on linguistics and language construction, and even more besides.
• Kate Monk's Onomastikon (Dictionary of Names)
  A huge repository of very obscure names from all over the world.
• Brain Candy
  Riddles, jokes, insults, and more word play.

Members' Web Sites

• Steve Martin's ADHD Webpage
  Our former historian, Steve Martin, has made an educational web site on ADHD.