Word Du Jour » T

Tricky

Tom Joad — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:29:23 +0000

A couple of tricky fellows for you today – and ones that are often misspelled into the bargain. It’s two-for-one day at Word du Jour!

First up is one thing we can thank the artistes Bobby Brown and Britney Spears for (and if there are any others, it can’t be a very long list) their [...]

Timely Bits

Tom Joad — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:10:55 +0000

A smallish round-up of words and phrases appropriate for this week. As you may know, the period of Lent begins tomorrow, when Christians across the globe will fast (if they are particularly devout) or symbolically give something up in the forty day run-up to Easter. So, today is Shrove Tuesday – well, for Brits and [...]

A Word From Daphne – Turpid

Tom Joad — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:53:19 +0000

There are many among you, dear readers, who are already aware of the oeuvres of Daphne Wayne-Bough. If not, then why not pay a visit to possibly the most stylish blog in Brussels? The reason for this outburst of bloggy philanthropism? Why, Daphne has provided a Word du Jour of her own for today’s dose [...]

Trojan

Tom Joad — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:04:48 +0000

.flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Has Tom lost his mind? Surely everyone knows what a Trojan is? Yeah, maybe – maybe not. I’m going to tell you anyway. To get the obvious out of the [...]

Trireme, Hagiography

Tom Joad — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:47:15 +0000

.flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

OK, I’m back in the saddle. Here, for your delectation is a proper two-for-one deal, two words in the same post. Yes, I know it’s cheating, but as I am [...]

tangram

Tom Joad — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:39:17 +0000

.flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

A tangram (pronounced tan-gram – tricky, eh?) is something which used to amuse and frustrate me as a child. It is a square divided up into the following: five [...]