Names, naming and words

Here, here! or Hear, hear!?

Names, naming and words by LoisJanuary 31, 2016

Guiser

Books by LoisJanuary 29, 2016July 26, 2017

Walnut pye

Food by LoisJanuary 29, 2016

Writing by LoisJanuary 22, 2016September 14, 2018

The old words I have been finding are my old words, not Old English words, although I have been finding some of them… Old English had such evocative vocabulary… here are just some examples I’ve found on a site I follow: corn-gesǣlig – wealthy in corn/grain ge-dof – absurdity, stupidity, nonsense sunn-set – the place where the […]

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJanuary 19, 2016

The things which crop up in our English class

In our English conversation class, we were trying to explain the phrase being ‘used to’ something… ‘I don’t mind walking to town, I’m used to it…’ ‘writing every day is easy for me because I’m used to it…’ In our explanation we used the words ‘habitual’ and ‘accustomed to’ and I was reminded of this […]

Creative use of language… or meaningless twaddle?

Names, naming and words by LoisJanuary 19, 2016

Leaflet, owlet, starlet…

Bits and pieces by LoisJanuary 10, 2016

Just…

Writing by LoisJanuary 9, 2016

A… as in A-line, A-frame, A-level… and Bertolt Brecht

Writing by LoisJanuary 8, 2016

Names, naming and words by LoisJanuary 5, 2016

In the pink

I always check various news sites when I’m here working; although I keep up with the news through newspapers and the radio, I like all the added extras you get on-line, being able to re-read something, having videos, links to other sites, quirky news from other parts of the country and the world. This morning […]