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Category: Fun

Cross-eyed bears and friendly ants

November 19, 2019 Geoff Fun, Language

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

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Cover creation gone weird

November 3, 2019 Geoff Fun

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

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The 8 longest words in English

September 29, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Fun, Language

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

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Real words: anatidaephobia

September 22, 2019 Geoff Fun

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

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5 Rules to Remember

February 25, 2019 Geoff Fun

1. Money can’t by happiness, but it can make misery a lot more comfortable. 2, Forgive your enemies, but remember[…]

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Using two words instead of one

February 21, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Fun, Language

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

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12 Odd Idioms

February 8, 2019 Geoff Fun, Language

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

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Remember the rules!

January 23, 2019 Geoff Fun, Remember the rules!

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

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Classic Literature as Fortune Cookie Fortunes

January 14, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Fun

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

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Kicking whales and waving dead chickens

August 12, 2018 Geoff Fun

T he Jargon File, also known as The New Hacker’s Dictionary, is a window into a golden age of computing.[…]

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