Category Archives: language

skreevers & scriobh(ers)

Posted on 2011/05/20 by dermot

From “Down and Out in Paris and London” (1933) by George Orwell, in which he writes about the street slang of the homeless in London: About half of these words are in the larger dictionaries. It is interesting to guess … Continue reading →

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to we or not to we

Posted on 2010/12/08 by dermot

Before reading this piece about wooly-headed thinking, here’s the lucid George Carlin: He’s with Bill Hicks now…wherever the Heck that is. You may have noticed a curious phenomenon: one day, something that you hadn’t previously been bothered by suddenly begins … Continue reading →

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grammar

Posted on 2010/10/27 by dermot

Grammar attack! Less than or fewer than? Use fewer with objects that can be counted one-by-one. Use less with qualities or quantities that cannot be individually counted. Incorrect: There were less days below freezing last winter. Correct: There were fewer … Continue reading →

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