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Mixed messages in pedantry (in The Written Word) by BobHale I once heard David Crystal lecture about one of the sometimes overlooked functions of language. Our ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word sic (in The Written Word) by BobHalePresented, for the moment, without comment ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Bluffing Game: epergne (in Wordplay) by BobHaleCame across the above word yesterday. I don't know if it's a common word that has somehow just never...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHaleTwo things. 1) If the US usually loves the British accent how come British actors in Hollywood are...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Not that much of a far cry (in Potpourri) by BobHaleToday's Metro has an article about a refugee from Sierra Leone who has a small part in the next Harr...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Mixed messages in pedantry (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI've only just noticed that they have registered charity status. That means they get tax breaks. You...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Mixed messages in pedantry (in The Written Word) by BobHaleAlso according to their web site all three of our main party leaders have committed a heinous lingui...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Mixed messages in pedantry (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI deplore the way that our language is being diluted by foreign (especially US) influences. Damned ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Mixed messages in pedantry (in The Written Word) by BobHaleThe Times today has a ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Suspended for posting? (in The Written Word) by BobHalePublishing on the internet is still publishing. Anything you wouldn't be prepared to put into a prin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Advertising (in Wordplay) by BobHaleIn another thread arnie notes that Johnny Rotten now advertises butter (in the UK) and Iggy Pop adve...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs I said elsewhere I have been rereading Bill Bryson's style guide Troublesome Words. It's a bit of...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri And the winner is... (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIt's exam marking time again. The topic is writing a letter for a job application. One student's at...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Sound-effect-as-word (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIn another thread there is mention of the "use/mention" or "word-as-word" distinction. I observed a ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Headline (in The Written Word) by BobHaleLoved this headline in the Sun today, one of our tabloids. UNI BOFFIN QUIZZED ON CROSSBOW CANNIBAL ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word RIP Martin Gardner (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs such a lifelong fan of Alice In Wonderland I cannot allow to pass unmentioned the news that Marti...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri It can make a difference (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI'm normally a bit of a critic of arbitrary pronouncements on how to phrase or punctuate restrictiv...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Cross-threading? Nonsense! (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIn another thread Kalleh says that "piffle" was one of her dad's favourite words. I wonder why we ha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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UK Elections (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIncidentally the reason I was taken in by the Daily Show post was that it isn't actually wrong excep...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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UK Elections (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIt's a very bizarre situation. As I remarked last week, an alliance between the Liberal Democrats an...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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