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Saturday, 30 March 2019

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Hooray, it's Playfair Day! (I mention it in this poem from "Momentary Stars".) CRICKET BAG IN WINTER It's ancient, sta...
Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Where’s the ‘L’ in Omost?

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Keep hearing ‘omost’ - used to be almost - and wondering where it’s come from? It sounds rather odd to me but I guess my language must be so...
Monday, 4 March 2019

What’s in a word?

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Six year-old grandson, now reading all and sundry, wanted to know if there was a word which had all the vowels in. His Dad, after some thoug...
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Sunday, 22 January 2017

Ind v Eng ODI - Sky Coverage

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Phew! That ODI today reminded me of  this poem (in my 'Momentary Stars' collection): Sky Coverage: Green Timepiece (Self-regulati...
Thursday, 10 November 2016

Poems from Momentary Stars

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Here's another poem from my "Momentary Stars" collection: Another Life Home past the house we lived in what seems a lifet...

Different When Cycling (from Momentary Stars)

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Here's another poem from my collection "Momentary Stars" (Clydesdale Jefferson Press 2016): DIFFERENT WHEN CYCLING "S...

Another Poem from Momentary Stars

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 I'll post another poem from my collection "Momentary Stars" (Clydesdale Jefferson Press 2016) here soon:
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Clydesdale Jefferson
We are interested in changing language, or rather language change. We don't think we can have any impact ourselves (thanks to our follower there for pointing out an interesting ambiguity). We comment on changing or new words, usage and pronunciation. Also amusing signs, notices or speech. We're not claiming to be experts or saying what's right or wrong, just observing and enjoying. Note: BrE is used here to mean British English, AmE American English
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