Far-fetched or far-flung?
A bit of research revealed to me that far-flung instead of far-fetched was gaining in frequency. Read more…
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Portmanteau words
Crunching words together to make a new coinage has been a popular pastime in the English language since the nineteenth century… Read more…
Easter
There is so much symbolism surrounding the festival of Easter that it is hard to unpick. Read more…
Antique words
Just as we love our antique bric-a-brac, so too do we love our antique words. We pick up an object, speculate on its purpose in life, admire its shape and colour even if we have no idea where it came from and what it is supposed to do. Read more…
To ‘dispatch’ or to ‘despatch’?
To dispatch or to despatch – that was the question from a dictionary user who had been taught at school that despatch was correct and dispatch was incorrect. Read more…