Category: tongue
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slip of the tongue?
Is it just me, or is the use of language becoming more slippery and less honest? Maybe it’s rose-tinted nostalgia glasses but It seems to me that it was not so long ago that people spoke more plainly and honestly. Let me give you some examples of what I mean: There’s a word that seems to…
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bite your tongue
Last week I bit my tongue. No, I wasn’t trying to keep silent when there was a temptation to say something, I genuinely bit my tongue. It hurt. This morning I realised that the wound caused by my tongue gnashing was a lot better. I felt pleased about that, because it had been awkward, irritating,…
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>oh my word(s)!
>I have just finished reviewing a couple of books for a Christian magazine. It was great to be able to read two books on the same subject while keeping my brain alert so I could give a fair review. However, the problem came when writing the review that I thought one book was better than…
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Side effects
I have now seen a physician who has taken my temperature, peered down my throat as I said ‘Aaaah’ and diagnosed a sore throat. She was not prepared to diagnose it as Man Flu (notice her gender, see yesterday) and did not give the ailment a name. I felt bereft, not being able to give…
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