by fwordsblog | Aug 4, 2011 | Humour
Much joy and self-congratulation as I completed the transfer of my old website to its new home at WordPress. This might not sound like a huge achievement – a 12-year-old could set up a WordPress site and many probably do – but there was an element of back-room...
by fwordsblog | Aug 3, 2011 | Words & communication
Have you ever noticed the proliferation of signs telling you what you can and can’t do? I noticed it particularly at the weekend, when I went to Bristol for the Harbour Festival. After five long hours sitting in traffic on the M25, M3 and then M4, being told not to go...
by fwordsblog | Aug 1, 2011 | Words & communication
Following a recent trial involving indecent behaviour, the accused was given a 10-year sex offenders’ order. This order was said by one paper reporting the case to “inhibit some behaviours”. Well, it’s possible that it will, but surely they meant “prohibit”?...
by fwordsblog | Jul 29, 2011 | Words & communication
The Pet Peeves thread of the writers’ forum I frequent has now been going strong for an astonishing four months and has passed the 3,000-comment mark, with peeved journos and eds popping up all the time to add their rants about mis-used words and bad grammar. One of...
by fwordsblog | Jul 27, 2011 | Humour
While the egg robbers and the bacon thief were about their dirty work (see previous post), another comical food-related incident was taking place, this time at a service station on the M4. Striding happily through the foyer while taking a break on his way to a...
