My Nephew The Wordsmith

This is a true story, right hand up to Jebus and all that

I was round at my brothers and SinL for dinner last night and they told me a tale of going to last weeks ‘Parents Evening’ for my little nephew who will be 5 in June.

Everything with him was going splendidly apparently (as you’d probably expect at that age, although reading JuliaM sometimes I’m not so sure)

But then the Teacher (play leader, group leader , learning facilitator, I don’t know the new terms)  said that they were a bit concerned about his ‘language’

“How so?” asked little Bro

It seems they were having a lesson  {Ed: Is it a lesson nowadays or a learning experience or a thought cloud making? please check}  on the double-el sound (LL) [yes phonics] and gave an example like ‘Fall’  and asked for suggestions for others.

So, Pull, Call, Bell etc.  were all proffered 

The understanding platform {Ed: You’re just making this up now} then moved on to words that had the double-el in the middle like ‘Pillow’

Once again going round the learning group  there were such as  ‘Hollow’ ‘Shallow’  and so we come my nephew.

“So” says the learning facilitator “What is your word with the double-el in the middle Nephew of Pavlov’s Cat?”

 

“Bollocks” 

 

I for one would have given him an ‘A*******’  for not only knowing the spelling but for using it in context as well.

So proud.

Your Right It’s All Won And The Same To A Sub–Editor

Yes it’s shooting fish in a barrel time over at the Daily Mail

I mean when you read it out loud it all sounds the same anyway so why the fuss.

Wile E. Coyote On The Loose In Derbyshire

Such was my first thought on seeing the headline

Sadly as it all to frequently turns out, the truth is much more prosaic.  It’s just another con job

 

P.S It may be just me, but I was always  rooting for Wile E. Coyote and found the Roadrunner an annoying smart arse.

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The Bear Necessities

In a case of life imitating art

From the movie Open Season

 

To todays Daily Mail

Los Angeles man wakes in the night to find 500lb BEAR raiding his fridge

He had all these drawers laying around and there was food everywhere.'

The bear, which had entered the garage through an unlocked outside door, also tore through the freezer, eating tuna and Costco meatballs.

Not sure why it’s so important that we know they were Costco meatballs, maybe it’s a sponsorship thing.

Sadly though as we know all to well , things are probably not going to end too well for the bear

Glendale police, LA County Fish & Game officials and the Pasadena Humane Society are all on the hunt for the animal.

Hey look about as many people involved in looking for a bear as we do over here looking out for a blogger who is critical of a council and councillors  (little bit of topicality, maggie thatch, maggie thatch)

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h/t to Mark Wadsworth for the bear story

Oh Grow Up

Shan’t

I walked past this place today, had a little chuckle to myself  (and again on the way back)

Pavlov's Cat age 46 ¾

Why Your Mum Always Told You To Wear Clean Ones

click to embiggun

 

Spotted by Matt in Akihabara (Electric Town), Tokyo, Japan