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Mind Your Language
Context is the means by which native speakers learn the meaning of words
My husband wins a small chocolate sprout each time he spots a word
Kingsley Amis, in a letter to The Spectator in 1995, attributed to ‘fastidiousness’ the rise of tidbit in preference to titbit
It might not define all that Americans want in a president
My husband has ordered a copy of Craig Brown’s new book
For the time being, the former president is being lauded as the real thing
The National Galleries of Scotland has been looking for a director of collection and research
I find the concept of a majority undefined by any common feature rather hard to grapple with
The phrase ‘Wait. What?’ is the verbal equivalent of a double take
I am quite retro. I like looking at the past. My husband is almost entirely so. He lives in it
