The Word Clock? Now that Rings a Bell…

The word clock has quite a long history, unsurprising for such a common and simple word.

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Come on Wales!

To celebrate the historic occasion of Wales playing tonight in the semi-finals of their first ever European Championship, I want to write something short about English words of Welsh origin. Short, because there aren’t that many! I think this is largely because Welsh both looks and sounds so different from English that it’s different for Welsh words to enter the English language. But there are a few, such as… Continue reading