by fwordsblog | Jul 21, 2011 | Words & communication
It was embarrassing enough to spell embarrassing wrongly in the recent spelling test, but things took a turn for the worse when I had a request late in the afternoon to write a book review for the local paper (“any chance of it by tomorrow?”). I’d just finished...
by fwordsblog | Jul 19, 2011 | Words & communication
Just took an online spelling test on www.peopleperhour.com. It’s one of various tests you can take to show your proficiency in various activities. The results then get posted on your profile to show how good (in theory!) you are at what you do. 40 spelling questions....
by fwordsblog | Jul 18, 2011 | Humour
What started out as only an averagely tedious conversation about toast, prompted by Rory admitting he’d achieved nothing all day – apart from painting a bit of the ceiling and watching it dry – other than get up and eat breakfast, plumbed new depths of banality...
by fwordsblog | Jul 13, 2011 | Words & communication
It’s unusual, to say the least, for one person to be both contributor and editor, at the same time, on the same publication. But I once found myself in the situation where I was both editing an industry yearbook (in my capacity as an editor for one company) and...
by fwordsblog | Jul 12, 2011 | Words & communication
Following my rant about the illiterate racist (see previous blog), I had a more gentle laugh at some comical mis-spellings I saw recently. A local farm shop is currently selling “rhubub” while a greasy-spoon café down the road has “Shepards Pie” among its gourmet...
