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:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 1 Comment
"Talk on the Wild Side" Is a Sharp Ode to Our Unruly, Resilient Language
December 21, 2018
- 1 Comment
Branding:
A Nation of "Nations"
April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019
Brand Names of the Year for 2018
December 17, 2018
- 3 Comments
Grammar:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 1 Comment
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
How to write:
How to Develop the Writing Habit
April 10, 2019
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
Naming:
A Nation of "Nations"
April 17, 2019
Brand Names of the Year for 2018
December 17, 2018
- 3 Comments
Poetry:
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014
- 1 Comment
Usage:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 1 Comment
Words:
French Letters and Their Uses
December 3, 2018
- 5 Comments
Like Wildfire
November 21, 2018
- 1 Comment
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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