Entries Tagged as 'Language'

March 13, 2008

What’s the Difference Between an Accountant and a Communicator?

Note: the Accountant referred to is not Himself!
The difference is in the understanding of the word Clarity.

1.
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.

2.
the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye; pellucidity: the clarity of pure water.

Clarity to a communicator means simplicity and ease of understanding.  [...]

March 3, 2008

You can take a girl out of Essex….

From my Dad…  Posted because I went home for the weekend and because I wore my white stilettos on Friday night (honestly) and because I don’t forward these things on but it’s worth sharing.
alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item 

amant - Quantity; sum total (”Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend”) 

assband - Unable to [...]

February 18, 2008

Phuket Thailand!

JUNO (in low tones) Dude, I’m pregnant.
LEAH Maybe it’s just a food baby. Did you have a big lunch?
JUNO It’s not a food baby. I took three pregnancy tests today. I am fo shiz up the spout.

LEAH How did you even generate enough pee for three pregnancy tests?
JUNO I drank like ten tons of Sunny Delight. Anyway, [...]

October 30, 2007

Overheard 2

See Overheard
Overheard at lunchtime at work.
Woman 1: Yeah, I don’t like reading books in the first person, you know, I did this, I did that…
Woman 2: Yeah, it’s self-gratification isn’t it?
Woman 1: Yeah, I much prefer a good story….

August 31, 2007

Fabulous Florence in Pictures

We had a fabulous time, and marched our way around the churches and museums and ate our way round the foccaherias, gelaterias, mercado, trattorias and ristoranti!
My top food places of the trip were:

Il Latini - Via dei Palchetti 6
Trattoria Marione - Via della Spada 27/r
Gelateria Carraira - at the Oltrano end of the [...]

July 27, 2007

Bovine Scatology & Kakistocracy

Writing about
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/ram/today4_obscurewords_20070727.ram
And about
Foyle’s Philavery - A Treasury of Unusual Words
Hooray for Christopher Foyle - a good Essex man from near Maldon - and, of course, something to do with a few big bookshops.
I was reminded of this just now (I confess I had forgotten it from this morning!) because I’m in the [...]

July 2, 2007

My New Obsession

is Boggle.
We used to have a similar game when we were growing up - but the ability to shake all the dice at once is a vast improvement.
At the moment the game is following me round the house - and the sound of plastic clashing against plastic is driving Himself and Sparka crackers.
The best tactic, [...]

January 22, 2007

Coventry’s New Radio Station – Proper Radio


November 13, 2006

Revising Vocab


November 6, 2006

Cosa fa Casey il lunedì? Il lunedì faccio il compito.