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Ajax

Tom Joad — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:56:58 +0000

A bit busy today, so I decided to write a post which I can do bit by bit. Apologies in advance if it looks like I’ve done it piecemeal but that would be because I have. I was thinking today about the word “Ajax”. Why? Well, my office postman is Dutch and football mad. He [...]

Alliteration

Tom Joad — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:30:52 +0000

You will probably already know this one, but hey – it’s a lot of fun to write about! You may also have thought that alliteration was as simple as “why wouldn’t we want wool” – the repetition of the initial letter of every word in a given sequence – but this is quite far from [...]

Astrology

Tom Joad — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:47:45 +0000

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I realize I will not be making any new friends with my opinions on this subject, but I’m going to do it anyway because it’s my blog and I can. [...]

Assassin

Tom Joad — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:27:24 +0000

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I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “why is he posting this when most people know where the word comes from?” – well, read on…

Pronounced a-sass-in, in [...]