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Reading Project: Montreal Reads ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Reading Project: Montreal Reads. My usual rules for pleasure reading are few. In fact, I may have only one “rule” for reading, which is that I must have variety. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Comments… add one now. Montrea...
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Stephen Fry on the Evolution of Language ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Stephen Fry on the Evolution of Language. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window). Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
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Montreal Reads: Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Montreal Reads: Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner. Montreal is a migratory hub, a city where nomads wind up, at least for a time. They carry their histories with them, mapping their routes and their roots as they go. Joyce leaves. Has won a number of literary awards in both its original French and translated English editions. Jean-Talon Market, Dante Park, Little Italy, rue St-Laurent, rue Guy. And Europe, but ultimately returned to. And now lives in Montreal. Photo credit: Damien D.
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Vest-Pocket Vocabulary ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Knowing me as well as he did, my grandfather chose to leave me his antique books when he died. Among them was J. Jenkins’. A book his father had given to him when he was young. The book contains no date of publication, but similar editions date to the 1860s and ’70s. Full of wonderful archaisms. Each miniature page of the dictionary offers many words that are entirely new to me what a treat! English Vest-Pocket Dictionary by J. Jenkins. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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English: The Language Is A-Changing ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. English: The Language Is A-Changing. There seems to be an ever present anxiety that the English language is on the edge of some catastrophe. But never fear, it’s held up just fine to the technological upheavals of the printing press, radio and cable TV, and it will weather blogs, podcasts and YouTube, as well. If your fears still need allaying, check out my review of. Txting: The gr8 db8. Or this video of Stephen Fry discussing the evolution of language. Grammar Matters: The Soc...
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Montreal Reads: Cockroach by Rawi Hage ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Montreal Reads: Cockroach by Rawi Hage. The mountain, Old Port, rue St-Laurent, Côte-des-Neiges, Chinatown, Notre-Dame Basilica, Outremont. Grew up in Lebanon and Cyprus before moving to New York City and finally Montreal: he “arrived in the winter in the suburbs of Montreal and it was a bit of a shock.”. Sherlock, Tracy. “Q&A: Rawi Hage on how driving a taxi inspired his writing ‘A chamber for intimacies, lies, tension.’” Vancouver Sun, August 29, 2013. Photo credit: Luigi Novi.
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Lexical Vexations ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. There are some English words that seem to have been designed just to vex us. These are words that sound similar and often look similar to one another. Sometimes these words have closely related but different meanings and other times their meanings are worlds apart. I’ve created these Lexical Vexation entries to help you tease apart these tricky sets of words so you can use them with confidence. Is there a lexical vexation troubling you that you don’t see here? Altar vs. Alter.
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Coarse vs. Course ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Coarse vs. Course. Of a thick gauge; 2. Unrefined, crude (of a person). A path or route followed by people or things; 2. A series of classes on a topic of study; 3. An established procedure or approach to something;. A part of a meal; 5. To follow a path from one point to another. Words in the Wild:. The small terrier with the coarse. Hair ran along the course. Of the river in search of the main course. Of his evening meal. Meanwhile his coarse. Demanding to know what course.
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Montreal Reads: Serafim and Claire by Mark Lavorato ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Montreal Reads: Serafim and Claire by Mark Lavorato. Is a story about two people trying to escape the rigid social mores of the past to find passion in their single-minded pursuit of art. Claire flees the servitude of working for a rich Anglo family to dance on the stages of Montreal’s burlesque theatres, where she’s sure she’ll get noticed and swept away to glittering Hollywood or New York. The Golden Square Mile, the red-light district. The character of Serafim. Click to share...
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Chowter ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. To grumble like a child or frog. Word in the Wild:. At his roommate after she accidentally put his 2014 tax slips through the shredder. This fun word is obsolete, but let’s not let that stop us from using it anyway. Its etymology is unknown, though. May come from the word. And both of those words mean much the same thing as. You can find a complete listing of the Word Blog’s Vest-Pocket Vocabulary entries and learn more about where they come from. Comments… add one now. This is ...
