
Tag: Language


How to Say Really Silly Things in Ukraine

MoroniCast Episode #1: Notes on Talking Northern British

Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau

The Voynich Manuscript by Unknown

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: The Welsh Village

WatchMojo: Chernobyl’s Key Players Didn’t Speak English

Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini

Time is Honey: The World’s Most Confusing Honey-Based Saying

FAQs – Swearing: Should You Be So Obscene?

How to Make Small Talk

Citizen Kane: “Rosebud” Quote Off Extravaganza!

First come, first severed: The Most Violent Saying Ever

A weight off my boulders: Stone-based saying is rocky

In Praise of Dialect Coaches (and other experts)

Great Sayings Revisited: Take it with a pinch of sulk

8 Classic Pop Songs Ruined By Making the Titles Too Descriptive

How to Write a Threatening Letter

10 New Swear Words To Use With Serious Pride

Agony Aunt: “HELP! Me bird hates me gansgta slang aiiiiiiie”

Great Sayings Revisited: Service with a missile

In Praise of Ampersands (the logogram &)

Great Sayings Revisited: Walking the plant

Great Sayings Revisited: To cut a long story short

10 Exciting New Words for the Sports Industry

Grand Hotel: “I want to be alone” Quote Off Extravaganza!

Great Sayings Revisited: If the tables were burned…

10 More Brilliant New Words and What They Mean!

10 Brilliant New Words and What They Mean

How to Use a Parting Phrase (Goodbye, Farewell, Get Lost etc.)

How to Speak Like You’re From Northern England, Mate

Great Sayings Revisited: Don’t look a git horse in the mouth

Great Sayings Revisited: More than just a petty face

20 Classic Plays Ruined By Using Body Parts in the Title

Withnail and I: “I demand to have some booze!” Quote Off

Exclusive Invention: PastErr (see your conversational filler records!)

Great Sayings Revisited: Like Trying to Get Mud Out of a Stone
