tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post7375906263900961551..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Honourable BreachesMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-66107452378761471492010-12-18T17:01:32.518+00:002010-12-18T17:01:32.518+00:00Well, given the consensus here, it seems I may be ...Well, given the consensus here, it seems I may be wrong about "more equal than others" -- or perhaps I'm just attracting a more discerning class of commenter.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-75699570233083905092010-12-18T16:54:35.853+00:002010-12-18T16:54:35.853+00:00I quite like a "gaggle" but I've als...I quite like a "gaggle" but I've also heard of, boringly, a "staff" of teachers (real yawn that one) but I like a "fabrication" of English Teachers.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-29905917474250645522010-12-18T16:47:24.568+00:002010-12-18T16:47:24.568+00:00Always seemed to mean "superior" to me, ...Always seemed to mean "superior" to me, too.<br /><br />And I'm with you on the double-L, as well.<br /><br /><br />StephenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-182258890770417462010-12-18T15:42:24.158+00:002010-12-18T15:42:24.158+00:00MIke,
Thanks for the card; one of my favorites of...MIke,<br /><br />Thanks for the card; one of my favorites of your images. <br /><br />Glad to know others find the LL site ... annoying, and contentious.<br /><br />Superior, and isn't that sort of the point of the book?<br /><br />My low key offering for a group of English teachers would be "gaggle".<br /><br />And Mike, you do seem to be on a mighty "tear" of late. Good on you!<br /><br />BronBronislaus Janulis / Framewrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839855368056037541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-67465138704760831192010-12-18T15:10:39.219+00:002010-12-18T15:10:39.219+00:00Yeah, I always thought "superior."Yeah, I always thought "superior."Kent Wileyhttp://www.manmadewilderness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-78358662392684216412010-12-18T12:02:49.344+00:002010-12-18T12:02:49.344+00:00Indeed I have, Paul, well spotted. I used to enjo...Indeed I have, Paul, well spotted. I used to enjoy that site, but it's gone seriously downhill in recent years -- it's now just a vehicle for DVD sales and half-baked essays by people whose photographic results don't justify their ludicrously expensive equipment!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-37216773521453274222010-12-18T11:42:16.979+00:002010-12-18T11:42:16.979+00:00Haven't been just reading ' The Luminous L...Haven't been just reading ' The Luminous Landscape ' have you ?Paul Mc Cannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839588218540865473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-29550651775819006782010-12-18T10:53:58.127+00:002010-12-18T10:53:58.127+00:00I'm afraid I'd left by the time your reply...I'm afraid I'd left by the time your reply was posted. However, most agreed about "superior".<br /><br />And after last night, although not literary, possibly an "embarrassment" of English Teachers - being the only male member (stop sniggering at the back) of the department means sitting listening to lots of drunken girl's talk". And they're loud.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-91321451213875270302010-12-18T10:19:27.207+00:002010-12-18T10:19:27.207+00:00Far too polite, David, and I doubt there's muc...Far too polite, David, and I doubt there's much recitation going on over the biriani. I did give this some thought last night, but had been drinking Thatcher's Katy Somerset cider, and decided not to risk insulting at least five of my best and closest friends, who are or were of that trade.<br /><br />Yes, it is EBB, but knowing that only counts if you're under pressure, away from the internet, and in front of a raucous table of colleagues...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-12136183735460375522010-12-18T00:08:09.092+00:002010-12-18T00:08:09.092+00:00Mike
How about a "recitation" of Englis...Mike<br /><br />How about a "recitation" of English Teachers? Assuming, of course, that you mean teachers of English and not teachers claiming to be English.<br /><br />And how about Elizabeth Barrett Browning?David Brookesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-276251745371158322010-12-17T19:04:38.850+00:002010-12-17T19:04:38.850+00:00Glad to contribute to the seasonal jollity... If ...Glad to contribute to the seasonal jollity... If you want to really embarrass them, ask them who wrote the sonnet beginning "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..." Anyone answering "Shakespeare" will be summarily dismissed!<br /><br />"I wonder what the collective noun for a group of English Teachers is?"<br /><br />Oooh, don't tempt us like that, Dave...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-69299546835642535802010-12-17T18:59:05.895+00:002010-12-17T18:59:05.895+00:00I'm just off to the English Department Christm...I'm just off to the English Department Christmas meal down the local Indian (Restaurant) and, out of interest, I will ask them what they understand it to mean.<br /><br />I wonder what the collective noun for a group of English Teachers is?Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-14396252183082401582010-12-17T18:46:30.312+00:002010-12-17T18:46:30.312+00:00Interesting -- me too, but I think we're in a ...Interesting -- me too, but I think we're in a (superior) minority!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-60225694175542423782010-12-17T18:26:38.127+00:002010-12-17T18:26:38.127+00:00Hmmm . . .I always thought it meant "superior...Hmmm . . .I always thought it meant "superior" - ie the pigs have more rights etc.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.com