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First World Problem

Every now and again a phrase or word will pop up and before you can turn around it is EVERYWHERE, like it had always been there, grinning at you smuggly from its pop culture corner. Mostly I hate these words and phrases. Exhibit A – “Meh” – I’m pretty sure it’s not a word. And [...]

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28/365 Joyful Words

This morning we braved sub-zero temperatures to go to the park and take some photos. Ok. It probably wasn’t sub-zero. And drama queen tendencies notwithstanding, I’m told that yesterday was the coldest day in 30 years. It always amazing how much I enjoy new words. Today it was ‘pel-can!’ (translation: pelican). And as the lone [...]

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Functional Illiterate

I’ve been concerned about the local schooling options since we moved to the Central Coast. And I realise this post might come off as snobbish. I don’t care. Some things I should embrace a certain level of elitism in. Education is one of them. When we moved here, I couldn’t drive. So, I caught a [...]

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Don't Judge Me

Once upon a time, judgement wasn’t a four letter word. It  used to be known as having good judgement. It used to be admirable, to have a discriminating mind. I have this idea, that all opinion, is in fact a judgement of one kind or another. All choices are a judgement. But it’s not popular [...]

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Don’t Judge Me

Once upon a time, judgement wasn’t a four letter word. It  used to be known as having good judgement. It used to be admirable, to have a discriminating mind. I have this idea, that all opinion, is in fact a judgement of one kind or another. All choices are a judgement. But it’s not popular [...]

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Last Days of Being Pre-Verbal

I think talking is imminent. She’s started babbling the day away. She does say a few actual words. Me: It’s bed-time. Her: No. No.No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Me: Do you want a bottle? Her: Mum-mo! Mum-mo! Mum-mo! [...]

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The Rise and Rise of the Lowest Common Denominator

I hate that everything is dumbed down. Newspapers are written at a children’s level. Big words aren’t used for fear that somebody might actually (shock, horror!) need to utilise a dictionary. The English language is dying, a slow, horrible, excruciating death by steady bastardisation. The loss of vocabulary has indirectly contributed to the loss of [...]

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