by Susan Fenton | Aug 23, 2011 | Words & communication
Would any other bloggers be interested in a mutual exchange – ‘guest blogs’ on each others’ sites? I tend to blog either about words and communication in the broadest sense, or humorous observations on topical issues and everyday life. If you’d like to try...
by fwordsblog | Aug 17, 2011 | Words & communication
Today I completed a feature about a British exporter for an international trade magazine and tomorrow I’m writing some copy for a website designer who’s doing a groovy new site for a property company. Next week I’ll be meeting a local small businessman who likes the...
by fwordsblog | Aug 13, 2011 | Words & communication
The spammers have been out in force since last I wrote on the subject of ludicrously irrelevant and badly spelled blog comments. Is there a convention on, or something? Anyway, checked my site tonight to see 73 new pending posts, most of them spam. It was a close-run...
by fwordsblog | Aug 11, 2011 | Words & communication
Had a lot of fun today putting the first verse of Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale” through an online translation facility. Translating into Swahili and back wasn’t amusing enough for me, so I then ran subsequent English versions through Icelandic, Filipino, Welsh,...
by fwordsblog | Aug 11, 2011 | Words & communication
Felt initial delight on checking site stats, at seeing a relatively enormous number of comments had been posted. Most turned out to be spam, which was mildly disappointing, though funnily enough I actually rather enjoyed reading them. Is it compulsory, I wondered, for...
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...
