A common tactic used by manipulative people – denying saying or doing something, or saying that you said or did something you did not. To suit their own ends of course, but in the end you doubt yourself and think… Read More ›
Vocabulary
Portmanteaux (blend words)
I have written about A Word A Day before. It is one of my favourite emails every day. I never fail to learn something! Last week’s theme was blended words (my favourite of which are blurple (blue + purple) and… Read More ›
Inglenooks
I love both the word and the concept of inglenooks. They always seem so cosy. A place for tea and books and snuggling up under an afghan without a guilty conscience because it is cold and rainy outside.
Eggcorns
The misuse of certain phrases in English is something that really gets my goat. Some examples: baited breath instead of bated breath here here instead of hear hear step foot instead of set foot it’s not rocket surgery instead of… Read More ›
Brain twister
Also, did you know that no word in the English language rhymes with orange?
