Archive for July, 2008

And Lady Macbeth, she scrubbed until she bled

I am cer­tain that there are pur­ists amongst our num­ber who will tell me, author­it­at­ively and with an envi­able cer­tainty in their unwaver­ing voice, that white is not a col­our. As such, not a col­our. Whatever it may be then, the per­fec­tion of it irks me, annoys me, makes me shift uncom­fort­ably in my blotchy, […]

Scrapings and clippings

• Lists of dir­ec­tions • Lists of instruc­tions • Lists of noth­ing in par­tic­u­lar • Must tell him that from her • Must tell her that from him • Latest news (allegedly) • Open close open close open close • Code for this, that or the other • Pro­pos­als in trip­lic­ate • Refus­als in duplicate […]

Words of little consequence #15

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Words of little consequence #13

Dropping an E

Great Mys­ter­ies of the Inter­net Uni­verse #326: why do web and social media applic­a­tions insist on delib­er­ately spelling their names incor­rectly? No wundr ver kidz today carnt spill propr like wot we cud wen we woz yung. In par­tic­u­lar, I cite those that think it’s some­how clever to omit the final ‘e’ from their titles. […]

Words of little consequence #12

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