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:
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
- 2 Comments
Highly Entertaining and Informative
August 3, 2021
Fun:
Grammar:
Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
November 23, 2020
- 8 Comments
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter
June 25, 2020
- 8 Comments
How to write:
How to Recover From a Writing Rejection
October 21, 2021
October 21, 2021
How to Reduce Writing Shame
September 23, 2021
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:
What Do Plus Signs Add?
July 15, 2021
Brand Names of the Year for 2019
December 19, 2019
- 2 Comments
Media:
Naming:
Where Do Place Names Come From?
October 14, 2021
Word Origins:
Where Do Place Names Come From?
October 14, 2021
Poetry:
And Forget the He and She
December 2, 2019
- 2 Comments
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
Politics:
Suffrage and Language
February 17, 2020
- 2 Comments
Unidentified Aerial Horse Apples
October 9, 2019
- 5 Comments
Usage:
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Unexpected Cousins
April 1, 2019
- 8 Comments
Words:
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
August 13, 2021
- 2 Comments
Electrifying!
June 17, 2021
Writers:
How to Recover From a Writing Rejection
October 21, 2021
How to Reduce Writing Shame
September 23, 2021
Writing:
How to Recover From a Writing Rejection
October 21, 2021
How to Reduce Writing Shame
September 23, 2021
Storytelling:
Should You Self-Publish?
October 26, 2020
- 3 Comments
Why You Should Consider Back-And-Forth Writing
September 24, 2020
- 4 Comments
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