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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
A or An
“A” goes before words beginning with a consonant sound in English, and “an” precedes words with an initial vowel sound. Listen for the sound rather than looking at the initial letter. Many English words beginning with an “h” take “a” … Continue reading
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Apothegm
The word is spelled apophthegm in Britain, but on both sides of the Atlantic it is pronounced A-po-them with the accent on the first SYLlable. It has a specialized meaning in mathematics. I do not know how it started, but … Continue reading
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Venial and Venal
Venial, from Latin veniais means something is forgivable, most commonly used in venial sins. Venal is quite different. Coming from Latin venal it means something can be bought, most commonly used to describe a corrupt government.
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