The Author of this Blog Post is Kel Richards. Tropical Gardens | Credit phb OZWORD OF THE DAY: "Conservative" Having focussed on the word ‘liberal’ Peta Credlin now wants me to turn the linguistic microscope onto the word ‘conservative.’ We can start with the history of the word. ‘Conservative’ appears in the English language from …
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Clam
The Author of this Blog Post is Kel Richards, not me! Ocean Shores South Pacific | Credit phb OZWORD OF THE DAY: "Happy as a clam" A reader writes to ask about an expression that an American friend of his keeps using: ‘happy as a clam.’ The puzzle, says my reader, is: why are clams …
Shakespeare
Goethe und ShakespeareWeimar Benz | Credit phb OZWORD OF THE DAY: "The Devil's Dictionary" (Author is Kel, not me!) Ambrose Bierce Yesterday I wrote about one small, specialist dictionary (Coined by Shakespeare) today another—but a very different small, specialist dictionary. This one is called The Devil’s Dictionary and consists entirely of comic (usually satirical) definitions. The author …
Kleist
#immigration #cognition #language #thinking This post starts one of my new projects about living outside Germany, for a few years or for good ... As a Teacher of German and English, I have studied Thomas Mann and Bert Brecht and Walter Benjamin and Hannah Ahrend to name only some relevant ones. Today people in the …
Random
The Reader | Credit phb OZWORD OF THE DAY: "Random" (Author is Kel Richards): A book review in The Times began with these words: ‘As the world comes to feel ever weirder, ever more random, it’s little wonder that more and more people are turning to the reassuring orderliness of conspiracy theories to make sense of it.’ …
Pranks
Credit phb This text was written by Kel on 1st April 2025 (in my mail box): OZWORD OF THE DAY: "April Fool's Day" Why is April first called ‘April Fool’s Day’? Where did that expression come from? There is no absolute certainty, but there are three possibilities. (1) It may come from the time in …
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