An intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

#oldsayings

Those old sayings; a @wordsbyterryl article.
We all hear them from the time we acquire language as a child. They’re so ingrained and so taken for granted that we don’t really think about what they say. MoonLit questions these old sayings in this full moon’s offering.

We also introduce wrdnrdbrd (Word Nerd Bird). A friendly glyph found on #openclipart.

https://blog.moonlitpress.org/word-nerd-3

#CreativeNonfiction #wordsbyterryl #writing #fullMoon
#humor
#WordNerd
#OldSayings
#WritingLife
#Pagan #Perspective

“Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May is out”

The #Hawthorn is in full bloom in Cambs, UK, so by the old saying, you may cast aside #frost protection on tender plants.

#BloomScrolling #OldSayings #Horticulture

#Sayings #OldSayings #Insults

This is new to me, but I love it! Not sure when I'd use it. But it's in my head now!

"Ya ever see someone who looks like they got shot at and missed and sh*t at and hit?"

#Wood #WoodFires #BurningWood #Poetry #OldPoems #OldSayings

There is an old poem on firewood, which to some extent, holds true, in my experience.

Beechwood fires are bright and clear,
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;

But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze up bright and do not last.
it is by the Irish said.
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold.

But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.
Apple wood will scent your room,
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom,
Oaken logs, if dry and old,
keep away the winter's cold.

But Ash wet or Ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.

In this week's podcast, I dug in to the old saying "my sufficiency has been suffonsified." Once you start looking, it's everywhere!

Plus, Valerie Fridland looked at the long-ago origins of tax words. Did you know the Rosetta Stone contains text about taxes?

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/taxes-suffonsified-3PlXJQze/transcript

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229/episode/5e5e78089e2f5e028dccf13dbc5f56e0

#GrammarGirl #podcast #linguistics
#familect #oldsayings