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Tag: words

By Hole Ousia Posted on February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

G A Z I L L I O N

Dictionary definition of Gazillion: A very large (but indefinite) number or quantity (of something): chiefly in plural. The first mention of this colloquial in British newspapers seems to have been … Continue reading G A Z I L L I O N

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, Progress hardly broke its strideTags: language, nonsense, number, one-word poems, one-word titles, reality, slang, USA, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 12, 2024November 15, 2024

Calls for

Scotsman, 11 August 2024:

Categories: Medical humanities, PsychiatryTags: language, power, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 11, 2024November 15, 2024

Words don’t really matter

Categories: Medical humanities, Neon yellow, Philosophy, This is Not yesterdayTags: language, NEON, The NEON Yellow Preservation Society, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 29, 2024November 17, 2024

grammar and syntax

Born backward, I was not breech [ask my mum] In Primary School nobody could use a ‘b’ better than I could [in place of a ‘d’] ‘d’ could be ‘D’ … Continue reading grammar and syntax

Categories: Family history, PoemsTags: backwards, language, Peter's poems, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 29, 2024November 17, 2024

I don’t like using adjectives

but neologisms are OK.

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, ScotlandTags: language, Peter's poems, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 15, 2023November 19, 2024

backwardness

I struggled so much in my primary school years that a decision was made not to enter me to George Watsons with my two sisters: Comprehensive education was my making. … Continue reading backwardness

Categories: Family history, Omphalos films, PhilosophyTags: backwards, Bonaly, childhood, Omphalos films, Peter John Gordon, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 30, 2020November 30, 2024

Another way of telling

This is a quote by John Berger from ‘Understanding a photograph’. I like to think that Berger would have appreciated my approach to making films.

Categories: Two culturesTags: John Berger, Photography, shadows, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

freedoms

I like to consider all languages (including numbers and music) as freedoms

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Two culturesTags: Julian Baggini, language, reality, words

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