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on loverly, frindley said:
"Or just a Cockney pronunciation of lovely, as in "Wouldn't it be luvverly?" more...
on shepherd's pie, frindley said:
"TODD: What is that?

MRS LOVETT: It's fop.
Finest in the shop.
Or we have some shepherd's pie peppered
With actual shepherd
On top.
And..." more...
on spiny anteater, frindley said:
"Common name for the echidna." more...
on echidna, frindley said:
"Two tails?! That's nothing. The male echidna has, they tell me, a four-headed penis. Even the Greeks didn't think of that.

And yes, a "damn cute..." more...
on puggle, frindley said:
"Young of the echidna or spiny anteater." more...
on poking, frindley said:
"…handschuhschneeballwerfen…" more...
on handschuhschneeballwerfer, frindley said:
"Avoiding-compound-noun-onslaught-ducker!" more...
on sans-culottes, frindley said:
"Oh, I think it's a wonderful word!" more...
on knickers, frindley said:
"Undies!" more...
on sans-eulotte, frindley said:
"Interesting. As I understood it, the word also referred to women at the time of the French Revolution, who were often obliged to go without..." more...
on ha ha, frindley said:
"Don't fall in!" more...
on fruitcake, frindley said:
"It's more complicated than that. At least in the frindley household, you have to take it down off the top of the pantry cupboard every three months..." more...
on opera, frindley said:
"When I taught music in Australian high schools for a time (1994–95) my students tended to refer to all classical music as "opera".

I..." more...
on the list Wordie's first half million, frindley said:
"Alas, unique words are way behind: 182,669." more...
on clap, frindley said:
"The "common venereal disease" definition has led to the idiom "a case of the clap". This has in turn led to the humorous usage referring to..." more...
on xee, frindley said:
"Xee is a convenient software of viewing your image and to browse quickly. It is designed to be a powerful tool to view image and management. Besides,..." more...
on jean dimmock, frindley said:
"Interrogate?" more...
on private room, frindley said:
"We have private rooms so you can sit by yourself.
(New Yorker cartoon)" more...
on acclimate, frindley said:
"An Aussie would say acclimatize." more...
on orientated, frindley said:
"I'm Australian (Sydney born and bred) and I use orient/oriented and, of course, disoriented. But I certainly do hear, in Australia, usage such..." more...
on bunbury, frindley said:
"Bunbury makes his first appearance:
ALGERNON. Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear fellow. Don’t try it. You should leave that..." more...
on the list bywords, frindley said:
"I propose Bunbury from Oscar Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest:

ALGERNON. Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear fellow. Don’t try..." more...
on emu parade, frindley said:
"The picking up of litter from an area, usually by an organised group of people, often as a school punishment.
From the <a..." more...
on pterodactyl's profile, frindley said:
"The Macquarie Dictionary sponsored Australian Word Map is a fascinating attempt at using a kind of..." more...
on criss-cross applesauce, frindley said:
"Actually, there's a similar principle behind serving duck with orange. I have read that it is necessary because the duck eats its own faeces, which..." more...
on pterodactyl's profile, frindley said:
"Just for inspiration, Erin McKean gives a very entertaining presentation about dictionaries on <a..." more...
on fairy godmother, frindley said:
"Shuffles Wordie PRO! user off to bed when said user stays up using Wordie past pumpkin hour." more...
on pedant's corner, frindley said:
"Or perhaps it was pedants' corner? Or pedants corner? Or ped'ants corner? Or my favourite misspelling: pendants corner. I forget now." more...
on nice, frindley said:
"I prefer to make a nice distinction." more...
on nice distinction, frindley said:
"Pretty much the only way nowadays that you can use nice in its older sense." more...
on fallaciloquence, frindley said:
"I think the linked picture is trying to say that you can recognise a liar when he begins to pick his nose." more...
on pronunciation filter, frindley said:
"Will detect your preferred pronunciation and filter comments accordingly. Can detect more than 500 varieties of spoken English, including [true..." more...
on the list London Underground Stations, frindley said:
"I especially like the RSC's <a..." more...
on queer, frindley said:
"In isolation, I think strange before I think gay. But how often does one encounter words in genuine isolation? Almost never. And to that end, nearly..." more...
on the list London Underground Stations, frindley said:
"That's why I always get lost in the New York subway, but have never gotten lost on the Underground, not even the first time I..." more...
on nibling, frindley said:
"Yes, and an uncle too." more...
on criss-cross applesauce, frindley said:
"I don't think there's anything offensive about it all. But for someone who was brought up with "sitting cross-legged" and encounters the term for the..." more...
on telephone wordie, frindley said:
"I definitely want the different voices!" more...
on i am affronted, frindley said:
"And The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, with the mackintosh that doesn't taste so good…" more...
on extra-slanty italics, frindley said:
"Oh no, surely extra-slanty italics are a Typographical Abomination in the Eyes of the Lord? I'm with reesetee on this." more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"*** falls out of chair laughing ***" more...
on epilogue, frindley said:
"ROSALIND. It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue. If it be true that..." more...
on prologue, frindley said:
"ROSALIND. It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.
(As You Like It)" more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"Ah, my prudishness theory is indeed shot to pieces. Will abandon it forthwith, at least in the matter of beets. I had quite forgotten to make a..." more...
on poking, frindley said:
"See Thus poke Zarathustra." more...
on borscht, frindley said:
"Nureyev had a favourite recipe." more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"Just like I surmised: possibly erroneous." more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"My mother liked beetroot way too much. Every week she'd be boiling some up in the pressure cooker. I couldn't stand it and refused to eat it...." more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"Then there's borscht." more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"True. Actually, thinking of beet/beetroot always makes me think of roach/cockroach. I've long held the possibly erroneous and almost certainly..." more...
on beetroot, frindley said:
"My theory involves two factors:
1. It's just so messy – all that crimson juice everywhere – and furthermore, it makes many people think of blood,..." more...
on i am affronted, frindley said:
"Then Tabitha Twitchit came down the garden and found her kittens on the wall with no clothes on. She pulled them off the wall, smacked them, and took..." more...
on the list Wordie PRO!, frindley said:
"I am affronted. Where is my exclusive, personalised invitation to join Wordie PRO! at great personal expense and to thereby enjoy full benefit of..." more...
on splendor and squalor, frindley said:
"In 1685 Naples was as populous, as noisy, and as dirty as it is now. Even then it was a little battered, and from the summit of the town its..." more...
on bashful jacarandas, frindley said:
"I want some!" more...
on crossed-leg cafe, frindley said:
"An establishment without toilets. Technically illegal if alcohol is served." more...
on criss-cross applesauce, frindley said:
"Ah, the niceties of language! Down here in the Antipodes, if you were sitting on a chair with your legs crossed you'd say you were "crossing your..." more...
on criss-cross applesauce, frindley said:
"@bilby: don't cry!

@dontcry: There's no "r" in sauce, but there's also no "r"-sound when an Aussie or Brit says "source". For us "sauce" and..." more...
on suprecilious, frindley said:
"Oh yes, I need this word! I've never been impressed by Supré, but I found a new-minted antagonism towards this chain when they took over my..." more...
on criss-cross applesauce, frindley said:
"Cross does not rhyme with sauce. (Always happy to oblige!)

On the other hand, if one thinks of the dialect/accent group in which sauce sounds more..." more...
on criss-cross applesauce, frindley said:
"Reaction 1: huh?
Reaction 2: google
Reaction 3: so what's wrong with just calling it "sitting cross-legged" then?

Google took me to a fairly..." more...
on cross-legged, frindley said:
"A sitting style. Also known in some contexts as the lotus (half or full depending on your flexibility!).

I add it now because I have just come..." more...
on absence, frindley said:
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Get Absence!
(Courtesy poet Steve Turner)" more...
on in flagrante delicto, frindley said:
"The Renaissance madrigalist Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, wrote some amazingly modern-sounding music, but is perhaps even more famous for..." more...
on spirit duplicator, frindley said:
"Rapturously fragrant, sweetly aromatic" purpled ink – that first intoxicating inhalation of isopropanol and methanol from the freshly made school..." more...
on picture book size, frindley said:
"Ever noticed how many new picture books have a distinctive smell of vomit? It's the particular size that they use to stiffen and finish the paper...." more...
on 'em, frindley said:
"But be sure to use an apostrophe and not an open quote or a vertical accent for ’em." more...
on the list Words of Eulogistic Praise, frindley said:
"You've been reading too much classical music marketing copy!" more...
on russian caravan tea, frindley said:
"Smoked black Indian tea, bergamot and the hint of shelves full of old books." more...
on wild hunt, frindley said:
"This is the fourth scent in {a} series of primal smells.
Wild Hunt is the scent of an ancient forest in the heat of a summer afternoon. It is a..." more...
on winter 1972, frindley said:
"A field of untouched new fallen snow, hand knit woollen mittens covered with frost, a hint of frozen forest & sleeping earth." more...
on at the beach 1966, frindley said:
"The prime note in this scent is Coppertone 1967 blended with a new accord…created especially for this perfume – North Atlantic. The base of the..." more...
on memory of kindness, frindley said:
"The shining green scent of tomato vines growing in the fresh earth of a country garden." more...
on gathering apples, frindley said:
"Thousands of Ripe Red Mackintosh Apples and a bit of old weathered wood from the bushel baskets." more...
on eternal return, frindley said:
"This is the first scent in {a} series of primal smells.
Eternal Return is the scent of sailing toward the shore. It is a blend of Fresh Ocean Air,..." more...
on burning leaves, frindley said:
"The smoke of burning maple leaves - pure & simple." more...
on in the summer kitchen, frindley said:
"Fresh garden vegetables & herbs on a clear summer evening with a touch of smoked old wooden rafters." more...
on mr hulot's holiday, frindley said:
"The salty breath of the breeze off the Mediterranean, driftwood, rocks covered with seaweed and the smell of old leather suitcases." more...
on in the library, frindley said:
"English Novel taken from a Signed First Edition…Russian & Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth and a hint of wood polish" more...
on the list I Hate Perfume, frindley said:
"My favourite is In the Library: "English Novel taken from a Signed First Edition…Russian & Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth and a hint of wood..." more...
on the list Words I assumed I had not been misspelling until greeted somewhere by the fact of my wrongness, frindley said:
"exhuberant!" more...
on broadloid, frindley said:
"A broadsheet newspaper that has succumbed to tabloid standards of journalism and integrity. Given The Plain Dealer's <a..." more...
on tabloid, frindley said:
"Yields broadloid." more...
on focalologist, frindley said:
"Judy Ryan is waiting to be defined in the Macquarie Dictionary. Ms Ryan is a focalologist, or tie collector, and the Tie Society of Australia has..." more...
on focale, frindley said:
"Also Latin for scarf. See focalologist." more...
on features, frindley said:
"I second bilby, chained_bear and Prolagus." more...
on cupmudgeon, frindley said:
"Someone who disapproves of cupcakes or who believes cupcakes are overrated.

Courtesy the <a..." more...
on toroidal, frindley said:
"A key feature of the acoustic design of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall is the suspension of large acrylic(?) <a..." more...
on leotards, frindley said:
"Definitely singular. I wore a leotard to ballet class for 12 years (not the same leotard). If I ever wore leotards, plural, it was because it was..." more...
on audacity, frindley said:
"Perhaps not a good choice for a politician, but a good choice for a leader." more...
on abstract writer, frindley said:
"True" more...
on engrosser, frindley said:
"Not just any calligrapher or illuminator, I'd guess, but one who is particularly absorbed in the work." more...
on artist, suspect, frindley said:
"970.361-018 ARTIST, SUSPECT (government ser.)

Selects set of facial features..." more...
on desire path, frindley said:
"See also desire paths." more...
on pirate, frindley said:
"September 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Avast, me Wordies! Don't be a lubber,..." more...
on braggadocio, frindley said:
"This is one of those wonderful words that sounds Italian but is really English.

The New Shorter Oxford gives the etymology as brag or braggart..." more...
on the list punky's Words, frindley said:
"Perhaps braggadocio?" more...
on cubby house, frindley said:
"The usual Aussie term for a backyard playhouse. They can be quite elaborate affairs." more...
on feel free to call me on xxxx..., frindley said:
"Annoying when it appears on the end of an email from a colleague who is sitting barely 25 metres away!" more...
on wine cask, frindley said:
"Australians invented these. No, not wooden wine barrels, but the nifty..." more...
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