December 28, 2010
by Graham
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In response to a comment made by Michael Lamb to my last post, I blame the producers. There was a time, and I hope that in radio that time is also now, when scripts were sent or taken by hand … Continue reading
December 17, 2010
by Graham
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John Maidment has drawn attention to Richard Miles’ yodophobia. I mentioned his pronunciation of confines in my last post, but now, having watched all the series, I can give a list of some, frankly, astonishing pronunciations he has used in … Continue reading
December 10, 2010
by Graham
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We’re all used to the phenomenon of nouns becoming differentiated from their homographic verbs by stress movement: dis’pute becoming ‘dispute for instance, and that this is happening despite the best efforts of the Queen’s English Society and its supporters. Now … Continue reading
December 1, 2010
by Graham
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I’ve just bought a second-hand dictionary and thesaurus, which has a contents list as follows: “Abbreviations Used in this Book Dictionary Thesuarus Appendices Commonly Misspelt Words Weights and Measures” Strangely enough, “thesaurus” is not included in the list of Commonly … Continue reading