Why do only certain types of things get mongered? Why is it that scandal, gossip, scare and rumour can be mongered but truth, bravery and facts are not mongered? You can be a Warmonger but not a peacemonger. And of course you can also be a whoremonger. But before you think it’s only negative things… Continue reading Mongering
Category: Language
New word needed
I need a new word. A word that covers all the kind of feelings you get in lockdown in a grey winter in January. It would be word that covers a feeling that is a combination of sad, angry, frustrated, annoyed, confused, lost, and a bit scared. Angry, frustrated - the government seems to be… Continue reading New word needed
Apples
I’ve often thought the reason I have never really successfully taken on board another language is because I love my own language too much. That’s not to say I am not interested in learning another language – I have tried, over the years, French, German, Spanish and Russian. And I also speak a little bit… Continue reading Apples
Tales from Tobhamhor 