Monday Means Managing Meanings 1.
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Monday Means Managing Meanings 1. When looking up the word ‘manage‘ just recently, I was astounded (erstaunt) to see all the different uses listed – 7 to be precise. Not…
Confusing words
Abbreviating Britain
Check out today’s Teatime Titbits: Abbreviating Britain. Following my post yesterday about new English words I came across during my recent stay in the UK, I thought a look into British abbreviations, would also good…
‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Tuesday Tiny Titbit: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ Somehow this spelling tip has always stayed with me from school and is a titbit (there’s that word again) that I’m…
That blasted ‘by’
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: That blasted ‘by’ – back to basics. The word ‘bei’ in German is well-used but often difficult to put into English because the English cousin ‘by’ is often a false…
OUT
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Tuesday Teaser – OUT The prefix ‘OUT’ is a clever bit of grammar, you stick it the front of a verb and viola you get the added meaning of ‘more,…