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This is my personal blog. It records notes from whatever I am currently studying, words I want to remember to use correctly, records of other things I want to remember, or an opinion I want to think my way through. Sometimes I publish short stories here. As to who I am, let it suffice to know I am a grandchild (with Madeliene L’Engle) of George MacDonald, a child of the Inklings, and the one who always wonders, “What is behind that wardrobe cabinet?” And, I’m one of the proofreaders/editors for Project Gutenberg, so, yes, I might be the one to blame for missing that wrong letter inserted by our optical character recognition. On the other hand, I may have been the editor who caught all the ones you didn’t find. And, I also have a personal journal online. It holds my innermost thoughts, is occasionally highly personal and opinionated, but is never really interesting.
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Motto: Lex orandi, lex credendi
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Recently someone told me about a coworker who was so puffed up that the inevitable collision with a pin took out half the office. I told her that was Rule Number Eight. See my Rules of Life. Rule Number Eight states that the more you believe you are invincible, the more vincible you become.
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The dwarf on the spot sometimes sees things missed by the travelling giant ranging many countries. —- J.R.R. Tolkien
Category Archives: Words
Keeping Up With The Neighbors
It’s Joneses. Not Jones’ or Jones’s. By the way, if you ever should be sent as an ambassador to the UK, it is to the Court of St. James’s, although the Brits would not use a period after the abbreviation … Continue reading
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Kudos
It’s singular. She received the kudos that was her due. The word means fame, prestige, renown. There can be, and is, no plural.
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The Etymology of Kibitz
To kibitz is to meddle in a game played by others, to interfere with unwanted observations. It is the Yiddish spelling of the German word “kiebitz” which is the name of a bird called a lapwing in English. The lapwing … Continue reading
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