My father was born and raised in Launceston but moved to work in Melbourne, where he met and […]
Category: Language
This was first published in The New Norfolk News on 5.2.21 Ever since the dawn of the computer […]
It’s that time of year again when dictionaries announce their Word of the Year. Not surprisingly, most of […]
‘Busy as a copper at a mongoose conference’. So said Paddy Crumlin, head of the Maritime Union of […]
Today I speak of humbug, of which we have heard a lot during the pandemic, mostly from politicians. […]
Oh once I dwelt in my comfort zone I didn’t think outside the square. I pushed not at […]
The wild ride that is the coronacoaster continues to thunder along, generating a snappy new glossary as it […]
These articles were published in my column in The Hobart Mercury in 2003 and a version of the […]
I’ve been making a list of all the new words and phrases generated by the pandemic. Some instantly […]
There is a kind of Cult of Warmth which assumes that most people would prefer to live in […]