Category Archives: words

Things You Look Up That Make You Go Hmmm…

Researching heraldry and a few other symbols and keep running into “mullet” which is described usually as a pierced star. The following from Wikipedia: In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, … Continue reading

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Gone, continued

Fortinbras, knee deep in Danes, lived happily ever after. • Hamlet Hamlet ain’t it gory, Continue reading

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The Thrush and the Nightingale

OMG internet. After all these years, you can still surprise me. From the Auchinleck Manuscript – “one of the National Library of Scotland’s greatest treasures. Produced in London in the 1330s, it provides a unique insight into the English language … Continue reading

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For the Quote Box – English usage

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street. — E.B. White

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The Oracle of Writing Prompts

The Writer’s Circle posted this prompt and the comments were a-mazing. my gut reaction:

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