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@susiedentwords.bsky.social PinnedI’m delighted to announce the next shows in my Word Perfect tour. Thanks to all my wonderful audiences this year: I’ve had a blast!
@gregjenner.bsky.socialReposted by @susiedentwords.bsky.socialWow!! Tickets are selling VERY FAST for our live Beethoven concert episode of You’re Dead To Me on Nov 13th — if you wanna come, get your ticket 🔜
It’ll be a 2 hour special with the BBC Concert Orchestra and two fantastic guests 🎼🎻
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialEtymology of the day: the expression ‘you have another thing coming’ was originally ‘you have another think coming’: today’s version appeared within a year of the original, back in the 1800s.
A short piece on the joyful messiness of linguistic evolution.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialFor those interested in how dictionaries are made, as well as the secret lives of the apparently ordinary words we use, may I recommend this podcast? It’s made by two colleagues at the Oxford English Dictionary who really know their stuff.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialAh I was there a few months back! Sorry to have missed you.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialHa. I’ll do my best! Thanks Jason.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialThanks so much!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialYes for sure!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialYes it’s on the cards! I’ve been wanting to for a while.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialThere are a few tickets left for my show in Durham tomorrow. Word Perfect is (I hope) a funny, educational, and occasionally irreverent look at language and its stories. Do join me if you can!
@ellecordova.bsky.socialReposted by @susiedentwords.bsky.socialRough Draft vs Final Draft
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialAnd how!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialIf you like to read in bed, consider yourself a librocubicularist.
If that strikes a chord, I’ve written a short piece about the language of book-loving here: susiedent.substack.com/p/between-th...
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialIn case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialWelcome to all the new players of Two Words who heard it mentioned on Catsdown. For anyone who fancies a game against another player (or a brainy bot) here’s the link. twowords2.page.link/play. And a big thank you to everyone who’s joined in so far. It can be as simple or as fiendish as you like!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialUS English has always loved a strong verb. I’ve written about this too!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialEnglish is endlessly versatile. Love this too!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialThat’s already made my day Brendon: thank you so much.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialI’ve written a short piece on the Americanisms that really get our goat.
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialAm looking forward to seeing what dedication requests come my way!
@susiedentwords.bsky.socialIf you fancy a read in the shade, I’ve written a short piece on the words that wear their hearts on their sleeves. Like ‘secretary’, originally a ‘keeper of secrets’.
susiedent.substack.com/p/hiding-in-...
