Graeme Roberts
Subscriber since: July 2007
Location:
Pittsford,
NY
My Favorites
Favorite Word:
possibleThis simple, inoffensive word that slides like a snake under a stage curtain evokes all the best and most positive in life. It should be said with a slight smile and a twinkle of approval.
Least Favorite Word:
traditionTradition is the dirtiest word I know. It represents the power of ignorance and the seductiveness of settling for the conventional, the easy, the thoughtless and the mediocre.
The rhythm of the word offends me too. The d and the second t are so close that they seem as constraining and limiting as the idea. Clipped, military in bearing, without thought or magic.
Favorite Quote:
"This is the true joy of life, the being used by a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
- George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019
- 3 Comments
Fun:
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
- 4 Comments
Grammar:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 2 Comments
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
How to write:
Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
Language arts:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
Marketing:
Sidecars and Scofflaws: Prohibition's Linguistic Hangover
October 23, 2019
- 1 Comment
Word Origins:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Usage:
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Unexpected Cousins
April 1, 2019
- 8 Comments
Words:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Writers:
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
Five Writing Lessons From Keith Richards
November 20, 2019
- 7 Comments
Writing:
Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
February 24, 2020
Storytelling:
Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014
- 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
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