tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post2000222224334715984..comments2024-03-28T12:15:10.659+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Language and Behaviour - A Word Bank for the New Year? by Deborah Jenkinsauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-90291574175424037512016-01-11T20:20:13.000+00:002016-01-11T20:20:13.000+00:00Haha! I do that all the time too :) Taught my Year...Haha! I do that all the time too :) Taught my Year 4s how to work out if a 5 digit number is a multiple of 3 (by adding all the digits together and seeing if the result is in the 3x) and they all went home and did it on their parents, who were mystified.Result, eh? ;) Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-74447319748383398922016-01-11T20:18:12.189+00:002016-01-11T20:18:12.189+00:00It will be interesting to hear how successful you ...It will be interesting to hear how successful you are :) I look forward to seeing some of them in your posts in ACW ;) Thanks for reading and commenting.Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-52137880679826829912016-01-11T19:13:21.386+00:002016-01-11T19:13:21.386+00:00My year 8s were cock-a-hoop the other day with the...My year 8s were cock-a-hoop the other day with the revelation that Edgar Allan Poe popularised the word 'tintinabulation' to mean the ringing of bells. I encouraged them, as always, to use the word on their parents at tea-time and make themselves sound intelligent. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-70104296611729034532016-01-11T13:53:24.333+00:002016-01-11T13:53:24.333+00:00Great post, Deborah. Some things irritate me too, ...Great post, Deborah. Some things irritate me too, though I find myself saying them. 'Hopefully'is one. And I remember some years ago when I first heard 'laid back' and 'off the wall' and was utterly mystified. What wall? I shall try to conjure some sayings of our own which we can perhaps infiltrate into common parlance.Aggie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423816343811534473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-17015567041351796362016-01-11T12:51:16.679+00:002016-01-11T12:51:16.679+00:00Yes I totally agree.Funny how, with words, human b...Yes I totally agree.Funny how, with words, human beings are I suppose just like we are in every other area of life - comfortable with the familiar. Though, as writers, I guess we want to change that :) Thanks for reading and commenting, Sue.Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-86122940578699025312016-01-11T11:16:14.901+00:002016-01-11T11:16:14.901+00:00I'll have to muse, cogitate and ponder on this...I'll have to muse, cogitate and ponder on this. The media is/are? a major source of popular words and phrases. Or should I say fount of overused clichés? SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com