Wiblog - Paul's Wibblings

One of the things I've noticed in recent times is that on science programmes I listen to, More or Less in particular, the word data is always treated as a plural. So they will say things like:  read more ...

I've muttered in times past when I was having more to do with local politics on the ground that the buzzword of the day was "sustainable". I wasn't the only person to notice either. Randall over at XKCD suggested that "sustainable" was unsustainable:  read more ...

One of the things that intrigues me about Scotland is that although they (mostly) speak the same language we do south of the border there are odd words in their vocabulary that are different.  read more ...

Thanks to Ellie I've been reading Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens for the first time over Christmas and I wanted to share this with you as it made me giggle:  read more ...

It was only yesterday that I was wibbling on to Beth about how every spokesman now trots out the same phrase after anyone has died. What do they say? Come on children, repeat after me:  read more ...

Everyone who's interested in language knows American and British English have diverged a little over the centuries and we all know the easy ones like pants and pavement but I came across a new one today.  read more ...

We all know that taking the piss out of other people's speeling and grammar is a dangerous game as we're all guilty, just some more than others. But I got some unsolicited commercial email today to my work email address that made me wince. Here it is:  read more ...