I think about words quite a lot (you may not be surprised). I had an interesting example of this last night.
Shall we Repair to the Drawing Room?
language thoughts
You Look Well or You Look Good?
You? Why for you, both are correct!
😉
Seriously though, are both of these correct? Do they have the same meaning?
Pandemonium!
I passed a poster for an event called Pandemonium this morning (I’m not sure what the event was, so I guess it’s not a very effective poster). That’s not a word I’ve given much attention to in the past, I thought, but looking at it now, does it mean what I think it means?
Bring Back Nostalgia
This is kind of a companion piece to yesterday’s post, being about obscure words none of us really use.
I’ve seen a lot of lists on social media and various websites about obscure words people need to be made aware of, or obsolete words which need to be brought back. For example, here’s a story I came across this morning on the BBC Culture website: Twenty-six words we don’t want to lose.
Here’s the full list of words from the article; see if you guess what one of my issues with the list might be:
How Many in a Couple?
Le Grand Chelem
Watching Roland Garros this summer, I learned a new French term: Le Grand Chelem. Not that it was very new, as it’s not different from an English term I was already aware of.
Harvey Weinstein: Doesn’t Sound Right to Me
Obviously there’s been a lot of reports of sexual harassment lately, largely because of the initial reports about Harvey Weinstein.
I don’t really have anything to add to everything that’s already been said and written. I am curious about that name Weinstein though.
English-Language Thoughts 