The Long and the Short of it – Part 3
We’ve talked about ridiculously long words, and vaguely more recognizable long words. Today’s words aren’t very long, but they are the longest of their kinds. Can I buy a vowel, Pat? Euouae is only six letters long, but every single letter is a vowel. If...
The Long and the Short of It – Part 2
Let’s continue our little foray into long words, shall we? We covered some extremely long words last time, but they were weird. Now we come to some that are more recognizable, but still rack up the letters. Antidisestablishmentarianism (twenty-eight letters)...
The Long and the Short of It – Part 1
I thought I’d start a little summer series on the longest words in English. But then I realized the longest words are all scientific and boring. (No offense to you scientists who use the chemical name for the titin portion that takes FIFTY-SEVEN PAGES to write. It...
Olde words to revive
I have a little verbal gift for you today from ye olde days of yore. Meg Cowley brought to my attention a fabulous list of old words that we need to revive. The list is awesome, but since I’m having a hard time finding a source for it, I’m just going to tell you a...
American English vs. British English
Did you know… …that before the American Revolution, both America and Britain spoke like the Americans do today? I am not kidding about this. All these period movies where everyone speaks exactly like the British today are wrong! Scandalous, I know. Turn out “(i)t is...
Book Cover Award
A Keeper's Tale received a Gold Star Rating for cover design from The Book Designer.