In our world where the words we use and our attitudes are supposedly of utmost importance, words are regularly passing out of use from the English language...
Tag: WORDS
THE THIN BLUE LINE
...when that thin blue line appears under my word, phrase or expression!
The “F” in England
Searching the web last night for current British comedy I came at last upon someone who was very funny...for the first forty-five seconds...when the "f" words began to fly. Just a word, you say? Is it really "just a word" which can be accepted as readily as any other word, and "everyone uses it anyway?" … Continue reading The “F” in England
FAUX: THE NEW REAL
In my higgorance and naivety I've fallen for the fancy synonym for "fake" too many times, and in this case, once is too many times... All kinds of things are advertised as being "faux" these days, the word being paraded as though "faux" were something chic, valuable and amazingly desirable. And of course many things … Continue reading FAUX: THE NEW REAL
Fuel for Faith 