‘I’m good’. ‘Who said you weren’t?!’
So many people object to ‘I’m good, thanks’ in reply to questions like: ‘Would you like chocolate on top?’ (of your cappuccino). It means, of course, that you don’t want […]
Month: April 2019
Prince Charles agonizing
‘agonise’ or ‘agonize’, both are acceptable I feel sorry for Prince Charles. He sends a perfectly sympathetic and decent letter to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, sympathizing with him […]
Whatever happened to thee EU?
Sorry, I’m not asking what you think happened to the European Union, it’s about the pronunciation of the word ‘the’. It’s my pet peeve Number One. People saying ‘thuh EU’. […]
Are you fair or are you honest?
In the UK (or is it just in the south of England?), you often hear people using the phrase ‘to be fair’. What’s interesting, to me at least, is how […]
What Jenna said that Victoria never would have
The real Victoria would never have said ‘Do make sure Palmerston is sat at the other end of the table’, as Jenna Coleman did in a recent episode of ‘Victoria’. […]