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I recently rediscovered this poem via Poke.co.uk, and whilst they refer to it there as “English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité” the piece is actually called The Chaos. As in “the chaos that is correct English pronunciation” I assume. Gerard...
The other day I casually clicked my way over to Indignant Rant and landed on an article that an ignorant, anything but brilliant, so called freelance writer wrote straight from a very shallow ignorant place that doubles as her brain. Do I sound...
I don’t profess to be a language expert. Occasional cunning linguist sure. Lover of large and unusual words no doubt. But expert? Not so much. In my work with college-level students I do have the unpleasant task of reviewing assignments and...
I piss off a lot of peeps in the blogosphere. Sometimes. Most of the times. And it is that time again. Not that time of the month. But time to take a slide, downwards, on the popularity ladder. I’m trying to reach the ultimate low on that...
A story getting a fair amount of attention on the IOL News website this morning tells of a shooting incident in a Mr. Price store in Cape Town yesterday. Headlined “Bullets fly at Mr Price store”, the article includes a small photograph...
The reason that vampires are lucifugous Lucifugous — adj Avoiding light Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun Nocturnal [Derived from Latin lucifugus, from lux (genitive l?cis ) light + fugere to flee + -ous ]
17 September 2010: D-Day for your SA Blog Awards votes! You can vote once more today, up until midnight tonight (SAST). We’d really appreciate it! Vote For BlaBla Click the link or click the image or click on the Vote banner in the sidebar...
Thanks to all the wonderful BlaBlanians who supported our nomination into the 2010 SA Blog Awards, we’re pleased to announce that The BlaBla Blog has been named as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the category Best Group Blog! If you are one...
I found this many years ago and – for some reason – kept it folded in the sleeve of the cover of my ID book. The little scrap of paper is now ragged and threadbare, so I thought I’d share the contents here and throw the paper away: WIXED...
I like big books. Big, thick door-stoppers. Books that routinely push my carry-on luggage over the weight limit at airline check-in counters. Books like these. I like small thin books too. To be honest, I like books of all sorts. But earlier...
Been wanting to start an irregular post series of interesting words for a while now, and have found (with a little help from Dictionary.com) a most suitable word to kick things off: Sesquipedalian ses·qui·pe·da·li·an –adjective given...
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams (1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
The only completely consistent people are the dead. Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) One thing that certainly has not been very consistent recently is the performance of The BlaBla Blogs’ web site. For that, we apologise profusely. After...
I’ve never really been a huge fan of Valentines Day. This cartoon does appeal to my sensibilities though. It’s the work of three talented guys who publish their cartoons at The Doghouse Diaries. Do you love me yet? is their nod to V-Day...
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950 – Irish dramatist, author and Nobel Prize Laureate)
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