Gabby
Subscriber since: February 2014
About Me
I'm a life-long-learner and have a passion for learning about words and am an avid reader. Some of my favourite authors are CS Lewis, Ronald Rolheiser,Thomas Merton, Joan Chittister, Kahlil Gibran, Eckhart Tolle, Karl Rahner, and of course the dictionary,thesaurus .....
I'm retired from the workforce and now spend much of my time doing the things that I enjoy most- gardening, painting, music (piano & guitar), puzzling of all kinds.
I'm retired from the workforce and now spend much of my time doing the things that I enjoy most- gardening, painting, music (piano & guitar), puzzling of all kinds.
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Favorite Quote:
"I do as little as possible as often as possible!"
- As far as I know - I did - I've used it for years when asked - What are you doing now?
Favorite Topics:
Books:
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
Highly Entertaining and Informative
August 3, 2021
Dictionaries:
The Post-Dictionary World?
June 3, 2021
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
Fun:
Very Spatial and Capable Lethal Aid
February 10, 2022
How to write:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive Until You're Famous or Successful
March 24, 2022
Linguistics:
Scale Your Onboarding
June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022
Tricky, Special, Fruitful, Space-Flavored Fiddle-Faddle
April 14, 2022
Word Origins:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022
Scale Your Onboarding
June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
Words:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
Writers:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
Writing:
Nine ways to finish the writing you start
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
How to Survive the Feast or Famine of Freelance Writing
April 28, 2022
Spelling:
To Bee or Not to Bee?
March 18, 2021
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