Posts Tagged ‘bryson’

Troublesome words

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Ok. Enough with the angst for a while. Please note that this period ‘while’ is unde­fined, both by me and by Bill Bryson (in the highly enjoy­able Trou­ble­some words of the title). And please note that read­ing what is essen­tially a dic­tio­nary for plea­sure is not the same as read­ing ‘It pays to improve your word power’ in Reader’s Digest. Ok? One’s for bed and one’s for the doctor’s surgery. (more…)