Festival season is upon us and the mind naturally wanders to haplology. No, that’s not the science of urinating in a plastic pint pot while watching Kassabian, it’s a term coined by [...]
Cashback. That’s a peculiar word, isn’t it? What began as, “Would you like cash back?” has morphed into, “Would you like cashback?” – cashback being not just [...]
You may be experiencing a sense of déjà vu. I will explain. Last week’s Word of the Week was something of a red herring. The subject line of the email said the word was pilgrim but the [...]
Nobody seems prepared to identify the one true father of rock’n’roll but, as the obits pointed out this week, there’s a strong likelihood that it was Chuck Berry. It certainly [...]
Those of you who were paying attention three weeks ago will recall that I was banging on about words that are commonly misspelt (‘that’ being the chief example), and I happened to [...]
