Names, naming and words

Flouted, not flaunted, get it right!

Names, naming and words by LoisJuly 29, 2013April 16, 2015

Nom-de-plume

writing by LoisJuly 25, 2013September 11, 2018

Choosing a name for a baby…

Names, naming and words by LoisJuly 24, 2013September 11, 2018

Names, naming and words by LoisJuly 1, 2013

Without cheating, how many words of more than three letters, can you make from the word ‘tries’? There are at least seven three-letter words, ten four-letter words and four five-letter words… go on, have a go!

July 1st… or should it be Afterlith 1st?

Names, naming and words by LoisJuly 1, 2013July 1, 2017

Names, naming and words by LoisJune 25, 2013

Because…

Names… there is no such thing as an uninteresting surname!

Names, naming and words by LoisJune 22, 2013September 11, 2018

Names, naming and words by LoisJune 21, 2013April 16, 2015

Word of the day – tiny…. is it Irish?

Tiny is quite a tiny word, you could, I guess extend it to tinier and tininess, but it is basically quite a small word and although it comes from Middle English, tine, no-one seems sure where it came from before that. Is it associated with the word tine, a prong of a fork? The two […]