Today's word is:

Aberration n.1. A deviation from the proper or expected course ( Read more... )

I found this article by Collette Douglas Home in The Herald newspaper really interesting ( Read more... )

Sorry to moan but I feel really snowed under just now from all angles. I need to go on some sort of 'organise your life course'! lorna_babes are you running anything ( Read more... )

This was sparked by a recent conversation about words between laura_w, marcus_k and me when travelling home from the Conference in Wales. So often I sing hymns with phrases such as 'ineffably sublime' and am not sure exactly what it means.

The definitions were found by laura_w.

Prosaic:
adjective FORMAL
lacking interest, imagination and variety; boring:
If only she' ( Read more... )

I was thinking today that I'd love to get into legal education. I've always fancied teaching in some capacity.

I am organising another seminar, for young family lawyers this November in Glasgow. I love doing this sort of thing! It would be great if I could do it as a part-time paid position.

When I studied at the GGSL many of the tutors were ( Read more... )

Recently I visited Falkland Palace in Coupar with Pauline and laura_w on her last visit. It is the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots (I think). It is well worth a visit. It is now run by the National Trust For Scotland ( Read more... )

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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

C. S. Lewis

Good old CS Lewis - he has such a way with words!

Mondegreens are in a sense the opposite of malapropisms; they result from something being misheard rather than missaid ( Read more... )

The Word For The Day is:

malapropism: the usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound; also, an example of such misuse.

It occured to me that I use malapropisms, at times, to be when trying to be funny e.g. I will some times say 'let's take some photographs for posterior' (ha ha ( Read more... )