March 2006
Monthly Archive
Yesterday’s Indy
Posted on Mar 25 2006 | Tagged as: Words, Politics, The Stupid, Media
The Independent’s comment pages can more often than not be duller than the proverbial dishwater. In yesterday’s edition, this piece by Matthew Norman on “the poisonous bully in the Home Office” (guess…) was delightful.
You’ll have to fork out a quid to read it, but trust me: it’s worth it.
The importance of commas [1]
Posted on Mar 23 2006 | Tagged as: Words, Technology, Work
From the ICT Usage Policy at work:
“Due to the lack of privacy it is important that nothing is contained within an e-mail, which could potentially be considered as offensive…”
Yes, I’m sure it could.
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1. Or, alternatively, ‘The importance of ignoring the grammar checking tool on microsoft […]
Thank Gord it’s freeday
Posted on Mar 10 2006 | Tagged as: Words, Politics
Etymologists assert that ‘friday’ comes from the old English ‘frigedæg’, or the day of Frige, the Norse goddess of beauty.
Liars. It’s actually a mispronounciation of ‘free day’, the day on which work is effectively done for free, as the equivalent of the day’s earnings is spirited away to the Chancellor’s coffers.