Greetings Readers and Friends- It’s fight night! grammar police vs. shameless botchers of the English language old guard vs. cutting edge queen’s english vs. newspeak it’s getting ugly people- we’re pitting one part of speech against another… note the holiday … Continue reading
Friends, Romans, and Countrymen: Lend me your adjectives! squirrely, ginger play together puny darts up the tree, suddenly Bushy is a bit unkempt, but what is scaring the wee one? Sharp beaky crow! Caw Caw! I watched this interaction outside … Continue reading
Hi there people! Today is a celebration! Red Velvet in honor of my lovely niece A birthday celebration, to be sure, but also a celebration of words! (what else, during word nerdery month?) I want to focus a bit on … Continue reading
The true meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is eating your weight in leftovers spending time with family and friends, reflecting on things we are thankful for, and if we’re lucky, enjoying time off of work! Pumpkin pie, pumpkin decor roasted … Continue reading
Among all of the things I am grateful for today, our incredible earth and the creatures that inhabit it are up near the top… Gobble Gobble Uh oh…. Let’s get out of here before we get eaten! Just the neighborhood … Continue reading
The forecast for my walk home today (my walk home in celebration of the four day weekend!!!) is: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs? No, more like Snowy with a chance of … snowballs! What an unbelievably beautiful afternoon. It … Continue reading
battles the almighty euphemism in today’s post!In one corner, we have the humble idiom, rising from uncertainty to confuse English Language Learners and put pepper in our gumbo (for example). See? that one is “straight from the horses mouth” aka … Continue reading
‘Ello Mates! Right, then, how about a spot of photos from today’s walk?? (heavy british accent if you can’t tell here…) After hundreds of a few reads through of Bridget Jones Diary, Harry Potter the series, and various other Nick Hornby/Jenny … Continue reading
So the question is: to use or not to use? (jargon, that is). There are certainly arguments for both “plain language” and “jargon” when attempting to function in a professional environment. I prefer to do this in a pros/cons type … Continue reading
Hi folks!I’ve been working out my ideas for what I want to discuss about jargon for a few days now. I figured to do it justice, I’m breaking it into two parts:Today: specific jargon to different fields, real and imaginary … Continue reading
