Fun – Geoff Palmer

Paraprosdokian

According to Groucho Marx, “Time flies like the wind, but fruit flies like bananas.” Marx was a master of paraprosdokian;[…]

My late mother thought Gladly was rather a nice name for a bear, but as a child she could never[…]

This seems appropriate after yesterday’s Isaac Asimov quote since Asimov cut his teeth writing for pulp magazines with covers like[…]

The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]

“Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching you. Not attacking or touching,[…]

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Benjamin Dreyer has compiled a list of redundancies, surplus words to delete from your writing where you’ve used two words[…]

Some years ago, a German friend – who speaks very good English – was visiting New Zealand and boarded a[…]

I before E except after C … … or when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from[…]

A Christmas Carol: You will become better acquainted with a coworker. Frankenstein: A friend is a present you give yourself.[…]