Home › Posts tagged writer Anyone living as I do near to Stratford-upon-Avon will be all too aware that April 23 marked 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare – the world’s most famous playwright. Unlike the Bard, I’m no playwright or poet. But I… Posted in Names, Writing Tagged with: synonyms, writer Whether you’re […]
Home › Posts tagged content As seems customary at this time of year, I’m taking the easy option this week and doing a blog review to see what worked and what didn’t. But instead of having to trawl through my blog’s stats for 2015, the kind people… At this time of year, many people automatically recycle their Christmas […]
Am I just becoming more pedantic as I get older? Or is there a general decline in grammar today? Either way, I’ve recently noticed a rise in basic grammatical mistakes, including the increasingly rampant comma splice. And it’s starting to bug me,… Whilst proofreading several websites and documents recently, one of the common mistakes I came across […]
Like many others, I was recently glued to my TV wondering who was going to be crowned MasterChef 2015. As well as making me feel hungry, watching the contestants create culinary masterpieces got me thinking about common idioms and other… To coincide with the latest series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, I thought […]
As yet another fabulous series of Strictly Comes Dancing nears its conclusion (I’m a bit of a fan, in case you were wondering) it seems apt to focus on dancing idioms for the next post in my series. So, without further… Well, it’s certainly all hotting up in the GBBO* tent ahead of this year’s final… […]
Home › Posts tagged synonyms Anyone living as I do near to Stratford-upon-Avon will be all too aware that April 23 marked 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare – the world’s most famous playwright. Unlike the Bard, I’m no playwright or poet. But I… Posted in Names, Writing Tagged with: synonyms, writer Seeing as […]
Well, it’s certainly all hotting up in the GBBO* tent ahead of this year’s final… Hopefully there won’t be a soggy bottom in sight! The art of baking covers a wide range of culinary delights, from bread, cakes and biscuits… Posted in Idioms Tagged with: baking, cake, phrases, sayings, tv Out of the blue, the […]
Following on from my previous post on names for plimsolls, attention now turns to what we Brits call the humble bread roll. As I suspected, there’s a far greater variety of names for bread rolls than there is for elasticated… Posted in Names Tagged with: bread, rolls A recent online chat with a graphic designer […]
Home › Posts tagged social media Back in the ‘old days’ it was simple. If you wanted to speak to a friend, you picked up the phone and dialed their number. On a landline. But these days you have to choose from an overwhelming array of… After much deliberation and soul-searching (well, procrastination followed by […]
As a copywriter with a linguistic background I am – unsurprisingly – more than a little bit interested in language. Not just the finer points of grammar, spelling and punctuation, but also its etymology, usage and evolution. Following on from previous… Like many freelance copywriters, a large portion of my business comes via personal referrals from […]
It’s no secret that I love discovering and collecting new words. And I find it much easier to remember them if I group them into themes. I recently came across two new words about senses that complemented a few I… Like many others, I turned to various creative pursuits for a welcome distraction during lockdown. […]
Home › Archive for Marketing After much deliberation and soul-searching (well, procrastination followed by a much-needed nudge) I finally joined Twitter back in January 2015. Here’s what I’ve discovered during my first 6 months… It’s all in the open The most important thing to remember… Like many freelance copywriters, a large portion of my business […]
Most people will be familiar with the terms gaggle of geese, litter of puppies, pride of lions and school of dolphins. Yet there are many other collective nouns for animals – known as “terms of venery” – that are less…
Home › Posts tagged glossary As anyone who knows me will verify, I’m rather partial to the occasional glass of dry white wine – preferably a zesty Sauvignon Blanc from Down Under. As I’m also a word nerd, a glossary of wine terms seemed to… Posted in Language Tagged with: glossary, lingo, terms, wine If […]