‘Why can’t I just get an ordinary cup of coffee anymore?’

Well, if statistics and PR are to be believed (and marketing statistics prove they are) then there are grounds to believe that the business of café culture is now a major part of our daily lexicon. Coffee grounds, obviously.

Barista-speak is a compressed tone-poem; a high street haiku if you get it right. And, yes, the wide-awake and somewhat excitable caffeinated wordlist in this episode, no doubt, yes, must be, the jittery result of one or two shots too many.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

... in which arresting language is word wrangled, allegedly racist language is taken in for questioning, lyrics get quoted and sports commentators are given guidelines. It's complicated.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

Word Wrangling is a series of slightly skew-whiff looks at the English and the way we skewer it. This episode is formed around an attempt to see how many adjectives can be loaded on the back of a single noun. Informative and silly.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

I don’t know about you but all this social distancing is getting at me. I miss handshakes, hugs and kisses. So, this week I thought we might play kiss chase with the language. Here's a superfluity of kissage for your lip-smacking pleasure so  pucker up and get set for some serious osculation.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.

What is it with some words?
Some words make your mouth itch, others can make people's skin crawl. Most of them appear in this episode.
Don't be afraid. Now is the time to embrace your vocabulary, sweat it, stimulate it, lubricate it, and make the moist to it. In a very real sense the future depends on 'moist'. And every other word you can think of.

Word Wrangling is an independent production. We are always on the lookout for new ways with words. If you have any thoughts please get in touch.