Tag Archives: Language

Boastful

November 8, 2007 – 8:32 am

I saw a car with the registration W1 DGE this morning. For our readers in the colonies, this is a slang term for a man’s, um, part.

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Easterbrooked

September 28, 2007 – 7:45 am

Gregg Easterbrook is a… well, journalist is a bit strong, so let’s go with writer. His main topics seem to be religion, football (the sort played with Americans, not feet) and popular culture/economics/politics. His sports column, Tuesday Morning Quarterback, appears each week at ESPN (I’ll let you work out what day it’s published on). It’s [...]

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Hello

September 20, 2007 – 12:06 pm

Having collected my boy from his new school a few times over the last fortnight, and overheard the conversations of various young mums, I offer the following language advice. “Hello” is pronounced with a short ‘o’, not a long ‘ooo’, and should at no point be pronounced in a sing-song tone. The Welsh can manage [...]

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Consent

July 30, 2007 – 11:43 am

Here’s a great quote from someone trying to gather opinions about a contentious issue from around 300 potentially opinionated members of a voluntary organization: “I’m grateful to the dozen or so of you who responded. For the silent majority, complacency is a special form of consent”

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Pass the barf bag

July 25, 2007 – 11:49 am

From the BBC: Glamour model Jordan and pop star Peter Andre have named their baby daughter Princess Tiaamii. Jordan, who was born Katie Price, said the first name was chosen was because the girl was “our princess”. It’s nothing to do with me, but I can’t stand the name Princess, not least because it’s not [...]

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