Musings Archive

A few of my favourite things… er, words.

  • Posted by Ross
  • 26 May 2006

I’ve always enjoyed words - the more unusual, the better. Sometimes it’s the meaning (especially true of words from other languages); where there is no English equivalent. Sometimes it’s the sound they make, or the way they roll off the tongue.
A few of my favourites:

Zeitgeist
Schadenfreude
Tmesis
Plinth

I’m also a fan of long-forgotten phrases… Things that were once [...]

It’s here

  • Posted by Ross
  • 6 April 2006

It had to happen eventually. Strain H5N1 of the Avian ‘Flu virus has landed on our shores.
So, how much longer until the media frenzy kicks off, mentioning the “p” word[1] in every article? I give it 24 hours tops.
No point in running scared, I say - in fact, I’m off for a KFC…
[1] “Pandemic”, for [...]

Home & Away

  • Posted by Ross
  • 21 March 2006

Nothing to do with football (that’s soccer to USA-ians) or even that dodgy Aussie soap opera.
No, it’s business trips. What do they, and why?
Take yesterday, for example - Upside: I didn’t have to go into the office. Downside: the cab picked me up at 3:30 am GMT and I didn’t get to my [...]