• Amazing Words Wednesday

    Parental Proverbs and Phrases

    Welcome to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, where we creep through the English language labyrinth with a flashlight and a good dose of curiosity. Today, however, we might be hearing in our brains such admonitions as “When the going gets tough, the…

  • Wednesday Words

    Wednesday Words: Shakespeare Shares

    How many people can say that they coined phrases that will still be in use over 400 years after they introduced them?  Only a handful, I would think.  But I have discovered that William Shakespeare is to credit, or blame,…