At the end of last month, we thought we’d be returned to the Office by now. Now, of course, that plan has changed, and we’re still at home, and likely to be for a while. We’ve stopped trying to guess when we might return. I decided not to wait until the work-computer has gone before… Continue reading Notes From My Office: October’s Words
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Notes From My Office: February’s Words 2020
The end of February is quite a nice time. Normally, we are coming to the end of winter, although snow in March is not unknown, and all the signs of Spring are beginning to make themselves felt. Days are lengthening again, and gosh – isn’t it nice to leave the office while it’s still light… Continue reading Notes From My Office: February’s Words 2020
Notes From My Office: January’s Words
I’m a subscriber to the OED Word of the Day email. Sometimes, I wonder who picks the words, and how they’re chosen. I have had occasion to laugh, so appropriate the Word of the Day is to particular situations, in general and more locally, and to public people. I also like to look at the… Continue reading Notes From My Office: January’s Words
Notes From My Office: November’s Words
Generally, I like my day-job. I'm an Accessibility Proofreader, which means I spend my days playing spot-the-difference between documents for sighted people and the large print or braille versions for the visually impaired. There are two main reasons I like my job. One: it satisfies my need to point out mistakes. Finding mistakes in the… Continue reading Notes From My Office: November’s Words