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Favourite Words
I love learning different words, there are so many that I either neglect or didn’t even know existed; it is a never ending list. Apparently the English Dictionary carries 171,476 words in current use, 47,156 that are obsolete and 9,500 words that are derivative and included as sub-entries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, ...
Sarcasm,Idioms and Black Humour
For some reason, this week I have spent much of my time observing the language of fellow humans and how it affects the way they converse and gets them through the day. You should really do this yourselves, it is great fun, because it soon becomes apparent how reliant we are on sarcasm, idioms and black humour, even in the most basic of conversations. Sarcasm and ...
Talking Telephone Numbers…
After a lovely weekend down in the New Forest meeting new people, I got a phone call and a visit from my old mate Richard last night. Despite feeling a bit jaded, we meandered off down to the delightful Hyde Tavern in Winchester with another friend, Steve, to have a chinwag about any old crap that would have the average woman searching the landscape for hills ...
Finding a Happy Medium…
A funny thing happened to me the other day (well actually it wasn't funny as in ha! ha!). It was when I was in the process of discussing with a car salesman the possibility of breaking down the barriers of frugality that has halted any personal extravagance since the the 2008 financial crash. As I put down the phone with my mind still not made up, I had a knock ...
Oakley Cricket Club-Blatant Advertisement
Since taking undertaking the role of Chairman at Oakley Cricket Club late last year, it has been a semi-realistic aim to create the club into a community facility that will encourage new members and support from the local public. It has to be said that this plan has been, to say the least, an ambitious one and in the words of John Lennon, "Some say I am a dreamer....