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Clearness is the first essential.
Source: Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria according to Will Durant Caesar and Christ; in John Robson's Words Worth Noting
Posted: 2025 Nov 21
Tag Archives: Word Play
Foot / Shape
Today the foot. Tomorrow the world. Continue reading
The Answer
Audrey Hepburn and Bruce Lee. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives
Tagged Community, Word Play
12 Comments
Long, Longer, Longest
Another way to look at place names. Continue reading
What’s in a Place Name?
Genesis 2:20 – “The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field….” I think we’ve exceeded the initial scope of work. Continue reading
Look Again
Three bridges and a snowy egret along a body of water. And a fine point of grammar, specified if not clarified. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Birds, Bridges, Science, Water, Word Play
6 Comments
Sprezzatura
Language fun. Yes, really. Continue reading
Whom dat?
Who dat who say or write whom? Continue reading
Heater Face: Office-Alone Variant
As I wait for inexplicably late printing (because COVID, I presume), I see a heater face way behind the counter to join the one in the banner. This one evokes the Home Alone face, which makes me wonder . . … Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Faces
Tagged Pareidolia, Word Play
8 Comments
God Rest Ye
“We’ll discover how the commas shape the prose.” Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Music Videos
Tagged Word Play
14 Comments