Playbuzz English test
Have to laugh at a grammar test that gives the following: You aced it!! You are a master of the English Language. Your English skills are phenomenal. You passed a test that only 2 in […]
English
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Aiming for grammatical balance.
My grammar and general literacy skills aren’t as great as that of some of my friends, nor am I always as thorough in the proof-reading, but they do tend towards warm fuzzy feelings when I […]
What Kind Of Grammar Nerd Are You?
See how you fair. I got The Enlightened Grammarian : You know your stuff when it comes to proper English grammar and writing, but you’re not overly traditional. Language does evolve, after all! Chances are […]
How many English words do you actually know?
I managed 26/30 (Vicious Vocabulary Viper) and had to guess more than I’d like to admit. It’s not everyday you see some of the words listed and nearly a third of them I have either […]
The Chaos Of English Pronunciation by Gerard Nolst Trenite
The Chaos by Gerald Nolst Trenité, 1920. (Trenite also used the nom de plume Charivarius). The original had 146 lines and appeared in the appendix of his book ‘Drop Your Foreign Accent: engelsche uitspraakoefeningen’. What […]
What type of writer are you?
According to the surprisingly detailed poll of questions I should be a fantasy writer. What is interesting is my first three books (unpublished and languishing in a box somewhere) were fantasy novels for the pencil […]
So, you want to get yourself published ?
Never actually got a book published yet, though there are a few articles, pictures and puzzles out there from the 80’s with my name under them mind. All I can say is this, if you […]
Jasper Carrott – Driven to Distraction by his Mother-in-Law
DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: An analysis of Jasper Carrotts’ stage routine over time, as compared to his written material, using his ‘Mother-in-law’ sketch. Table of Contents Introduction Contextual information Accents Tuts Pauses Reformulations Audience Address Audience […]
Jasper Carrott – Driven to Distraction – Introduction
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this project is to study and compare written and live sketches by comedian Jasper Carrott to find the relationship between the two and how, grammatically, the delivery develops over time. Specifically […]
Jasper Carrott – Driven to Distraction – Contextual Information
Contextual information Gesticulation is the grammatical equivalent of contextual narrative and so finds a place in this project. I am covering this first as physical actions play an important part in any comedians’ routine, but […]