If you’re not careful, there’s potench for murder It’s funny how they say that the red mist descends. In my case, it rises, boiling up from the pit of somewhere dark until everything is fury. This week it was a chirpy PR person’s query about whether or not the thing he had just sent me […]
Things I’ll never be able to do…
Today Vonnie asked a question: Do you speak more than one language? How did you learn the additional languages?As I pondered my utter failure to learn any other language anything like well enough to get beyond frustration I realised that there are many things I’ll never be able to do. Languages. I passed an O Grade in […]
Sounds that need a name of their own…
This sound has a name, it’s Boy Three Ping, pop, growl and rumble. Tinkle, roar and bang. Scream. English is packed with excellent words for different kinds of noises. Yet, I’ve noticed there are some sounds so distinctive they deserve a word of their own. The fizzle a hot pan makes when the only place […]