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Tag Archives: Words
A Gruntled look at Orphan Negatives.
One of my post popular posts ever was 102 great words that aren’t in English but should be! and I’ve written lots on different aspects of both English language Words we still use from Shakespeare! and Tracing words back through time others Languages … Continue reading
To be on Tenterhooks in Spitalfields
Have you ever heard of the phrase “on tenterhooks”? It has come to mean being in a state of tension, uneasiness, anxiety, or suspense, and that is because tenterhooks were once very common sights indeed. Tenterhooks aren’t the big hooks you … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London
Tagged Aldgate, Cloth, English language, Spitalfields, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Tenter, Tenterhooks, Whitechapel, Words
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Words that are becoming extinct
Like many of us, I am a big fan of and user of words. One of my most popular blog posts is 102 great words that aren’t in English but should be102 great words that aren’t in English but should … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life
Tagged Betrumped, Endangered words, English, Etymology, Idioms, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Words
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There’s English and there’s English.
Language is very important to all of us, which ever one it is that we speak. Over 20,000 people a year read my old post on 102 Words That Aren’t In English But Should Be 102 Words That Aren’t In English … Continue reading
Tracing words back through time
Back in the mid 1990’s when I was studying at SOAS, one of the classes that I most enjoyed were those given by Professor Alexander Piatagorsky. He is said to have been the greatest Russian philospher of all time and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life
Tagged English, Etymology, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Language, Proto-Indo-European, Words
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My New Book – Straight from the Horse’s Mouth : 100 Idioms, their Meanings and Origins
Today is one of those wonderful days that can be the highlight of my creative year, the launch day of my latest book. I’ve always enjoyed words and sayings, some of them archaic that seemingly make no sense to us … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Life, writing
Tagged Amazon, books, creative writing, Ebook, Idioms, Kindle, Language, Paperback, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Words
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Apricity – The Warmth of Winter Sun
It’s freezing cold outside this morning. At 8.30am the garden is still minus 10C or 10F, the garden is covered in frost and ice and a pale blue stretches across the horizon with a very weak and watery like pale … Continue reading
U and Non-U
U, or should I say you, might think I am off my trolley with this blog title or maybe my carefully worded prose has finally given way to text-speak. However U and Non-U is actually a book title from the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Life
Tagged Accents, Class, Debretts, Diction, English, etiquette, good manners, Language, Life, Nancy Mitford, Social Class, U and Non-U, Words
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Words we still use from Shakespeare!
This week marks both the death and supposed birth of the greatest writer of the English language, William Shakespeare. He was born in 1564 and died in 1616 and whilst much about him is sometimes doubted such as his birthday, … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, writing
Tagged Culture, English, Heritage, history, Life, Literature, Phrases, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Words, writing
15 Comments
102 great words that aren’t in English but should be!
I spent 4 years at a college in London University studying Africa and Asia. It was the most wonderful place due to the exposure of various languages and cultures and when I say various I mean hundreds. I remember one … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, writing
Tagged Culture, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Funny, Humor, Humour, Language, Life, Linguist, Literature, Words
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