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Pic by DRB62 @ Flickr [...] Pic by Ontzy @ sxc.hu [...] Rounding up this week’s mystery words image courtesy of gumdropgas @ flickr [...] No, this is not a post about absentee landlords. OK, two resolutions for the new year. First, post more on Word du Jour, second, stop the crap jokes. Anyone care to take bets on which one collapses first? The idea for this post comes from my curiosity about why the name Dalziel is pronounced ‘Dee-ell’ [...] Another post following a conversation in which I tried to be smug and clever and failed. Everyone knows where the days of the week get their names, right? I thought I did, but became hopelessly lost on definitions for Tuesday and Friday. So, it was a little like naming the seven dwarves: Grumpy, Sneezy, [...] Indulge me here, dear reader (you know who you are) while I regale you with a story of how a joke can be pushed a little too far – even on the internet, where the boundaries of taste and other things differ wildly from real life. Lolcats – and lolcat speak – thatz liek [...] …that’s how long it’s been since I posted anything. Well, I’ve been busy, what with one thing and another, you know. Nothing too weighty this time around – just a bit of fun. I must admit to having been quite stumped when asked by Madame Joad (who considers me something of an authority on English [...] It’s a funny thing, language. I am guilty of defending the usage of the English language and its grammar (if ‘guilty’ is the correct term), but I am also prepared to concede that the reason English has become the worldwide lingua franca is entirely due to its malleability and adaptability. Let’s face it, the Aussies [...] Those of you who are both English and easily offended may look away now. Everyone else, welcome. If I were childish and silly enough to pick a favourite swear word – and luckily I am, or this would be a very short post – it would have to be ‘bollocks’. It’s just one of those [...] |
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