Input, Imput – get it together people – putt putt
So I’ve got some stuff and I need to put it into something else. Input or Imput? Imput right? Because it sounds right, and well, “in” is a prefix or something? No! It is clearly input. But why? Well…...
View ArticleMoot or Mute point? A Mote’s Point.
A mute is someone who doesn’t speak, they are mute on the matter, indeed they are mute on every matter. I mute the television when the ads come on. Likewise, a mute might also mute the television if...
View ArticleWhich one swooped? Fowl, foul or fell? (Aside from the obvious.)
A FOWL is a bird, like a pheasant, a chicken or a duck. One tends to picture a Nineteenth Century English countryside with English gentlemen blasting the skies with their shotguns, hounds yapping at...
View Articledraw, draws, drawn, drew, drawer, drawers – withdraw – drawls
One of my favourite examples of a word with an awful lot of meaning wrapped into four letters Draw. It seems simple enough. As in when we draw a picture right? Let’s think about it. This meaning of the...
View ArticleMentee, Mentoree – Meant something after all
This post is a continuation to a blog post I made back in January 2011. Mentee, Mentoree – Meant What? Please read this first and the comments to come up to speed. I’ll be referring to comments through...
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Mentee, Mentoree – Ngram – Final Word
Finally the final word. Definitive answers below! Firstly, this is a follow up post to two previous posts: Mentee, Mentoree, Meant What? and Mentee, Mentoree, Meant something after all, … where I...
View ArticleTicket Pricing Models in the Theatre
If it is true that – (Broadly speaking) …Brisbane audiences leave it until quite late before buying tickets with most tickets being bought in the few days before attendance… (that is, there is no great...
View ArticleMr Abbott, where the bloody hell are you?
Where are you Mr Abbott? When the boats are bunk? When the struggling lives their poor souls are sunk. Where are you Mr Abbott? When the mean hijack? When wealth buys privilege and that buys fact....
View ArticleLose or Loose – Don’t be a Loser!
Yes, I’m talking to you. If I want to say, “put that down before I lose/loose my shit!,” which should I use without being a loser? What does “lose/loose my shit” mean anyway? And why do people get it...
View Articlethen, than – explained
THEN Used for time and space. We had fried chips then went for a jog. There were six red dots then two blue ones. THAN Used for comparison. It hurt more than you’d know. The sun is greater than an...
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Passing of a Writer
And I have read that Terry Pratchett passed away. He was one of three great English writers – that got me into the whole words on page thing. They are Roald Dahl, Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. All...
View ArticleTrump and the American Dream
The Dream: that anyone can be wealthy and successful by virtue of hard work and sacrifice with little or no assistance.
View ArticleI Literally Dislike this Word
We all fall foul to this beauty. Yet perhaps there is something to be learned among the dross and detritus of the day.
View ArticleOn Starting Each Day
For the writers, for the artists, for the lovers... how do you face the blank page? How do you reach effortlessly into the pit of desire and pull forth on the joy of creation? How do you start each...
View ArticleRichard Walter on Screenwriting: Lessons, Five Years On
Five lessons on screenwriting from five years ago. But what can be learned today? How universal are the concerns? A little refresher on Conflict, Caring and the nature of Art.
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