Tag Archives: language
Anti capitalist who hates lower case names
As a copy editor it irritates me when organisations adopt names that don’t use capital letters. The practice has become common in the internet age. It defies all grammatical rules for a name to be uncapitalised. I’m a ruthless anti … Continue reading
Target Word
I enjoy the Target Word game on my Android mobile phone. Anagrams flood my brain at quiet moments.
Letter from the school
A letter arrived from the high school today. It was dated August 10, so it should have arrived earlier, but we don’t check the box more than twice a week and they had the wrong number in the address. Parents … Continue reading
English spelling
Retarius wrote a blog post recently about the English language. Then I came across Johanna’s spelling blog. I’m interested in the development of English, how regional variations evolved and where the language is heading. For someone who has never undertaken … Continue reading
ANZAC or Anzac?
The language is constantly evolving with a trend towards brevity. Waggon has become wagon and to-day has become today. Some Australians cling to what they believe is English spelling for words like “programme” and anything that potentially ends in -our … Continue reading
Ancient language goes modern
It’s rather ironic I learned about The Vatican’s web site from a blog named The Inquisitr I’m not surprised The Vatican has a web site; it’s just I had never thought about it before and had never visited. As The … Continue reading
Poor handwriting
I’m embarrassed how poor my handwriting has become. It was never good, but it’s become worse. I struggled to write neatly in primary school; now it’s impossible. I can print letters okay, but cursive script is atrocious. Today I wrote … Continue reading
