Tag: language
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A certain kind of joke.
I learned another joke from my son Hugh this morning, and it seems to me structurally similar to one of my favourite jokes. In this short post, I will give...
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Another bairnling
‘That one is actually a night-time jumper, because those flowers there are actually stars.’ Makes sense to me.
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more amazing phrases
From Eleanor. I am a tiger. I want Tiger Food. Does tiger food look like chocolate? No. Does it look like cereal? No. It looks like this (points to foot)....
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phrases of worth
The day before yesterday I heard, in passing, two phrases that needed preservation. First was almost certainly a mishearing: ‘But I don’t want to go to the poetry sale.’ Second...
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Re/discovering words
I’ve been combing through dictionaries recently. Nepali, Newari, Scottish, Spanish and finally even English. It’s given me back a few tangy terms I thought I had long since lost. Enthymeme...