As the great philosopher David Burge once intoned, “Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.” Or, to quote the title of a volume by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” ...

This movement backwards to find a knot to tie, to find traces of an origin and collect them in the space left hollow within me, is prompted by a prolonged, gnawing emotion of detachment and alienation ...

In English : conundrums. It seems obvious really. Darren, Lancaster Conundrums. Contrary to what one might think, it is not a Latin word, and is described in my dictionary as 'Ety. dub.' If it was ...