Langwidge Home Page
Fonetik Alfabet
The ultimate
phonetic alphabet for those who really need one!
The Business of Langwidge
Making English earn money!
Collective Nouns
A collection of weird and wonderful ones; some
old, some current, some probably fictional.
Grammar - Useful Rules
These days, grammar is sadly neglected
- but not here: we take it very seriously!
Journalese
Miscommunication as an art form
Legends
of Language
Ideas on the origins of everyday sayings
Plurals
Incongruous, confusing - or just plain weird?
Pronunciation
A nice selection of illustrations of English Illogicalities
Stretching the Lingo
Public displays of private confusion
Student Similes
The language is thriving in High School
Thoughts on Life
A random selection, some of which we're proud
of!
Notes for new visitors ...
To those for whom it is not obvious ... I didn't compose all the wonderful examples of the eccentricities of the English language that you see on these pages; I have merely had the honour of gathering them together. Where I know of a specific source, I cite it - but many of these items have had a life of their own for generations, while others may have been coined just last week. I'm always very pleased to receive information, of authorship, first publication - or new ones you've thought of yourself!
Contributions to The Langwidge this year:
Sol Squire, David Lawton
And see acknowledgments from previous years