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Current status: retired, widower.
I tend to specialise in English, British English in particular, as well as Norwegian translations, and occasionally Danish and Swedish.
I am a firm believer in the British -ise spellings. These are used as far afield as New Zealand, where I was born, brought up and educated. As a result I have used them all my life. Moreover, one hardly ever sees the -ize spellings being used in Britain, where I live now.
There are British spellings I don't use: I prefer enthrall instead of enthral, and distill instead of distil.
Contents
A useful referenceEdit
This is a useful reference for checking between Bokmål and Nynorsk words and spellings: [1]. Lexin also has audio for both Bokmål and Nynorsk words, which is really handy.
Milestones: Number of pages created:Edit
- 35,001 (as of 14 September 2016)
- 40,001 (11 April 2017)
- 45,004 (17 January 2018)
- 50,003 (22 August 2018)
- 55,004 (7 February 2019)
Nominations for Word of the DayEdit
There are probably some others I have forgotten about.
- abeyant: no date set
- agribusiness: no date set
- angle parking: 13 Dec 2017
- argumentative: no date set
- armful: no date set
- avoid like the plague: 22 Feb 2018
- benighted: no date set
- blimey: no date set
- bloke: no date set
- boardwalk: 1 June 2018
- boffin: 11 Feb 2019
- bogie: no date set
- Bronx cheer: set for 19 April 2019
- bulldog clip: reset for 23 March 2019
- carrier wave: set for 20 July 2019
- cave painting: no date set
- cirque: 7 July 2018
- coffee table book: set for 5 July 2019
- comply: set for 8 April 2019
- conversely: set for 2 March 2019
- cornfield meet: 13 Sept 2018
- curious: no date set
- cutting: no date set
- daunting: no date set
- deem: set for 10 April 2019
- dioxin: no date set
- disimprovement: set for 10 June 2019
- doubt: no date set
- dragline, appeared as dragline excavator 27 Dec 2017
- emu: 26 Jan 2019
- endorheic: no date set
- ether: set for 24 May 2019
- exit: no date set
- fall by the wayside: no date set
- fifth wheel: no date set
- filch: 8 Aug 2017
- fjord: set for 17 May 2019
- flare: 3 Feb 2019
- flawless: no date set
- fly in the ointment: no date set
- footbath: set for 18 April 2019
- forthcoming: no date set
- fruiterer: 14 Nov 2018
- gaslight: no date set
- Georgian: 26 June 2017
- ghost town: 27 April 2018
- gilder: no date set
- greensand: 15 Dec 2017
- gunmetal: 12 Aug 2017
- habitual: no date set
- holier-than-thou: no date set
- horses for courses: 12 April 2018
- iniquity: no date set
- knacker's yard: no date set
- lady-in-waiting: no date set
- learn the ropes: no date set
- ledger: set for 13 March 2019
- living fossil: 12 Feb 2019
- lorry: set for 22 June 2019
- manageable: no date set
- masterly: no date set
- midnight sun: 21 June 2017
- mink: 25 July 2018
- moccasin: 4 July 2018
- moss-grown: no date set
- move the goalposts: 14 June 2018
- murderous: no date set
- necessitate: 10 Sept 2018
- necropolis: no date set
- night owl: no date set
- nitty-gritty: no date set
- no one: no date set
- nut out: no date set
- octagon: no date set
- okayish: no date set
- paint oneself into a corner: 18 April 2017
- pave the way: 22 July 2017
- pea-souper: no date set
philistine or Philistine: Philistine was WOTD, not accepted- pike: 26 May 2018
- planning permission: no date set
- plaque: 13 Dec 2018
- plat: set for 30 June 2019
- Pullman: 19 Oct 2016
- pushbike: no date set
- rake: no date set
- rubbish: set for 5 June 2019
- rupee: 14 Aug 2017
- sargasso: no date set
- sea stack: no date set
- semaphore: no date set
- shot across the bow: no date set
- signage: no date set
- skew: no date set
- skulduggery: set for 19 March 2019
- slip-up: set for 13 May 2019
- snow shed: no date set
- spit: no date set
- spoils of war: 13 Nov 2016
- spoof: 3 June 2018
- spot of bother: 29 Sept 2018
- stance: set for 25 Feb 2019
- steamer: 26 Aug 2017
- tall order: no date set
- tarantula: no date set
- telemark: 3 Dec 2016
- thinking cap: no date set
- townland: no date set
- tram: 22 May 2017
- turd: 19 Nov 2016
- turntable: 19 Dec 2018
- up to something: set for 19 April 2019
- wagon: set for 27 March 2019
- where there is a will there is a way: no date set
- wifelet: no date set
- wigwag: 2 Sept 2017
- witch doctor: set for 1 Oct 2019
A wee bit of nonsenseEdit
Q: What is an escapea? A: A pea that escapes from the dinner plate.
- Tall story is not the antonym of short story.
- If someone calls you a cheapskate, thank them for the compliment.
- Would you Adam and Eve it, they're naked! (inspired by Cockney rhyming slang)
- When running a check on Little River County I was asked "Did you mean little rivet counter?" Hmm...
Photo galleryEdit
Deleted module: labels["United States county index"] = {
− description = "{{{langname}}} index of counties in the United States of America.",
− parents = {{name = "United States of America", sort = "counties of the United States of America"}, "counties of the United States of America", "list of sets"},
− }
United States county indexEdit
This is a poor substitute for a deleted category which worked perfectly.