It’s that time to sum up your week in 25 words or less. Here goes for me:
Volunteer, too hot – flop
CT scan, thunderstorm
Iron Giant with friends
Let’s Write
Clean, mow lawn, plant plants
Go on holiday
And relax …
Sum up Sunday
Author: my word (s)
Flaunt it Friday
I was chuffed, on Wednesday evening at my writing group, to be asked to read the piece I’d written. It was also wonderful to have encouragement to submit the piece to Best of British magazine, which I’m going to do.
The prompt for this month’s session was music and it was great to see the many ways group members had interpreted it. We had poems, short stories and memoir pieces. An uplifting evening.
Wordy Wednesday
It’s been a very hot few days here so, for today’s word, I’m turning to The Doric. This is the dialect spoken in the North East of Scotland. My dad was originally from Aberdeen so many Doric words are familiar to me.
I’ve heard the phrases, ‘ower hot’ meaning too hot and ‘bilein hot, meaning boiling hot. Glancing through Doric for Beginners by Karen Barrett-Ayres, I found a word I’d never heard of to describe the heat. ‘Plottin’ means unusually hot, which it’s certainly been this week. On the news last night, one of the presenters reminded us it’s still spring, not summer.
What words do you use to describe hot weather? I look forward to hearing from you.
A lovely tea towel blog from a Guinness World Record holder (tea towel collection)
Sum up Sunday
How’s your week been? It’s Sum up Sunday so can you sum up your week in 25 words or less?
My week:
Cash only Monday
Busy, busy Tuesday
Writing Wednesday
More on Thursday
Free day Friday
Sunshine Saturday
Flaunt it Friday
It’s Friday again. What are you pleased with yourself about this week?
I’m delighted to have had several more reviews of my children’s book, The Clocker. Especially gratifying were these two comments: “Once I started reading the Clocker, I couldn’t put it down” and “I can’t imagine a young person who wouldn’t love this book”.
It’s an amazing feeling when people not only read your book but take the time to write a review. It reminds me of the importance of doing this for other authors.
Oh, I also managed a volunteer shift at the charity shop with no internet, ergo no card payments. Cash only – like being back in the 70s.
Wordy Wednesday
My word this Wednesday is blurb. I’ve always thought it seemed a very informal word to describe the short description that appears on the back of a book, or to describe a film.
An early 20th century word, it was coined by Gelett Burgess, an American humorist. He is said to have invented the word for the promotional cover of his own book.
It is, of course, a term now widely used and recognised by publishers and authors. That small word, though, holds great importance. The blurb on the back of a book is, for many of us, the difference between buying or not buying. I wonder if that’s true for you?
To buy, or not to buy …
Sum up Sunday
Can you sum up your week in 25 words or less? I’d love to hear from you.
Here’s my week:
Rain, hail, wind
Occasional wink from the sun
Events set up
A treat at the café
Mowed the lawn.
Flaunt it Friday
It’s been a good week. I met with someone from Nottingham Central Library Service. We have dates in the diary for 2 library events during the summer holidays, plus 2 days of school events in local libraries. I’ll be reading from my book, The Clocker, and doing a writing session with the children.
As well as these events, I’ll be doing more with Leicester Libraries Service.
I’m really looking forward to introducing my book to groups of children.
It’s going to be an exciting summer.
What have you done that you’re pleased with this week?
Wordy Wednesday
With the many dialects around Scotland and England, it’s no surprise that there’s an unique word in the different parts of the countries to describe the passage between buildings. I hadn’t realised, before delving deeper into this, quite how many there are.
In Scotland and the North East, we have vennel, wynd, chare and close. I knew of wynd from my travels in Scotland but had never come across chare, which seems to be specific to Newcastle and the surrounding area.
In Northern England we have the ginnel, snicket, entry and tenfoot – a new one for me. Tenfoot is the term from Hull and relates to the specific width of an alley. Brilliant.
Heading to The Midlands we have jitty, twitchel and shut. In Shropshire the ‘ends’ were shut at night, hence shut.
In Southern England twitten, ope and alley or alleyway are used. Ope comes from Cornwall and is short for opening.
Living most of my adult life in The Midlands, I tend to use jitty. What’s your word for an alleyway? Maybe you have one not on my list; I’d love to know. And if anyone’s from Northern Ireland, Wales or further afield I’d be interested to know the word you use to describe an alleyway.
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