April 29, 2023May 1, 2023Double Meanings Beers, Me Dears, Cheers! Welcome, Wizened Word Wizards When You Need A Drink… A pleasing little smile is available here, although it might take a second, […] Read more
April 13, 2023April 29, 2023Double Meanings One House; Two… Hice? Welcome, Wibbly Wordsters One Mouse , Two Mice; One House, Two… Hice? Plurals in English are pretty simple, aren’t they? You just add […] Read more
October 6, 2022April 13, 2023Double Meanings Wilderness Words Welcome, Word Weaselers Here’s an interesting one. A book called, intriguingly, The Dictionary of Lost Words, discovered through this ad in the […] Read more
September 24, 2022September 25, 2022Double Meanings Burning Ambition Welcome, Sneaky Scribes This is such a delicious example of the confusion which sometimes arises when there are two potential subjects for […] Read more
August 11, 2022April 13, 2023Perky Pronunciation, Wily Words Human Farming Welcome, Linguistic Luggernauts! Have we known this all along, or is everyone utterly blind to the fact that we humans and our […] Read more
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022Perky Pronunciation, Wily Words A Nuff Is Enough! Welcome, Word Worms! The different possibilities for pronouncing the letters ‘ough’ are legion , and there are a ton of lists and […] Read more
July 31, 2022August 3, 2022Wily Words Whatch Potch?! Words Ahoy, Langlubbers! Hotch Potch, that’s whatch potch, and never a better moment for it! Admittedly, it’s been a while brewing. I […] Read more