Now then (go the Wales!), after yesterday’s vitriolic outburst I promised you something a little more cheery, so here goes my loves
I’ve previously declared my love for the British language, and this is what inspired this post.
A couple of days ago I was having a mini coughing fit (probably due to my smoking - [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Linguistics’
I’ve a Frog in My Throat
A Pinch & A Punch…
Well my loves - a pinch and a punch for the first of the month and no returns…
I heart the English language, and the oh so peculiar peeps that speak it. My Nanna taught me the ‘a pinch and a punch’ saying.
For those unfamiliar with the custom - if it happens to be the first [...]
Eggcorns & Malapropisms & Dogberryisms, Oh My!
Firstly dear readers, please forgive the poetic license I’ve exercised in the naming of this post.
Malapropisms and dogberryisms are of course one and the same thing. But I wanted a set of three so it sounded a bit like ‘Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!’… I heart the Wizard of Oz.
According to Wikipedia (I [...]
