Harmless Drudgery

Random thoughts from a wordsmith, budding lexicographer, and 'snapper up of unconsidered trifles'.

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Sunday, 29 October 2023

My take on 'take on'

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Five years ago I was writing ( here ) about separable verbs, and bravely undertook not to pursue an error in a pop song. I should have known...
Sunday, 22 October 2023

Meaningful versus Nonsensical

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My latest podcast discoveries include these two: The Infinite Monkey's Guide To... Add To Playlist – also broadcast on Saturday evening...
Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Gender (again)

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My latest discovery in the podcast world... <parenthesis> (so many podcasts, so little time😉) </parenthesis> ... is The Allusio...
Sunday, 8 October 2023

Plank's inconstant

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This week's In Our Time was all about plankton, which  – like most things when you study them deeply enough  – turn out to be crucial to...
Monday, 2 October 2023

What's a girl to think?

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I'm often amused/interested/persuaded (if only temporarily) by Dr Michael Moseley's Just One Thing programme/podcast, although feat...
Monday, 25 September 2023

The Returning Soldier Effect

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The first episode of Hanna Fry's new mini-series Uncharted  ... <parenthesis> (occupying  the 15 minute slot that belongs BY RIGHT...
Monday, 18 September 2023

It ain't necessarily so

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In this  post  I  wrote some time ago about my initial attitude to Ira Gershwin's "home in/abdomen" rhyme. <pre-script> ...
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After a misspent youth as an aspiring folk-rock hero and freelance polymath, I became a technical writer in the IT world and then - when I finally ran out of lives, having dodged redundancy for more than 10 years (towards the end of which I coined the word 'sub-Damoclean', to refer to my own position) - a teacher, resource creator, and writer.
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