They may be drinkers Robin, but they’re also human beings.

Look at that expression of urgency on Batman's face (well, the part of it you can see). It's clear that something of the utmost importance is happening here. And Robin has that worried and questioning look in his eyes. Evidently, this is a moment of high drama and excitement. So let's talk about modal verbs. … Sigue leyendo They may be drinkers Robin, but they’re also human beings.

Taylor Swift in 2020

Two extraordinary records from a year that was anything but ordinary: Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' and 'Evermore'. In a year that forced all of us to do things differently, here is some of what Taylor did. I don't feel like going into the meanings that these songs may have. You've got the internet for that. And … Sigue leyendo Taylor Swift in 2020

Ain’t that enough?

https://youtu.be/jdeqYx-9-AQ Teenage Fanclub's song 'Ain't That Enough' is wondrous, fabulous, marvellous and tremendous. '-ous' adjectives are all about something possessing or being full of something. The sound it makes is a simple /əs/. The sound that Teenage Fanclub make is simply glorious. Enough said*. 'Ain't' is a non-standard (so not to be used in writing, … Sigue leyendo Ain’t that enough?

An Accumulation of Strangeness

I'd really like to believe that many of the strange but charming nouns of assemblage (aka specific group nouns or collective nouns) that exist were the result of drunken mischief at the end of a lexicographers' Christmas party. Or something like that. How else could you explain the fact that if you came across a … Sigue leyendo An Accumulation of Strangeness

Two Fingers: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and other tales of defiance

I'll never forget the first time I read 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'. It was very early in the morning and I was rather hungover, lying on the floor of a cold but otherwise welcoming house in Dublin. The pages of the book (my own copy, pictured above) were fragile even then. Almost … Sigue leyendo Two Fingers: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and other tales of defiance