Featured image: Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, in stormy weather. (Image credit: Cat Palmer) Having been woken last night, for the second night in a row, by the crash of an internal door being blown shut by the wind (one of the small displeasures of living in a beautiful but drafty old house), weather is… Continue reading Stormy weather
Author: redtabbywords
Founder of Red Tabby Words, a proofreading, copy-editing and copy-writing service on the south coast of England.
Remembrance
To mark the centenary of the end of WW1, Portsmouth City Council has been putting up signs in hundreds of the city’s roads listing those who lived there and died during the war. Just such a sign has now appeared in my road, with the names of seven men who died serving their country. Somehow,… Continue reading Remembrance
Sign time
I have recently started learning British Sign Language (BSL), and what a wonderful language it is! Spoken English seems to actively delight in confusing its users (see, for example, my previous post on plurals, where so-called ‘regular’ forms are often anything but). With BSL, by contrast, it is generally (although, admittedly, not always) instantly clear… Continue reading Sign time
Can write, won’t write (that)
It’s now been nearly a month since I decided to become officially self-employed, and I have learnt a lot quite quickly. I have been spending a lot of time on the website Freelancer, which aims to connect freelancers in various fields with people who have projects that need doing. One important thing I have learnt… Continue reading Can write, won’t write (that)
