Etymology of ‘chock-a-block’ [pt. 3]
How the Turkish origins of ‘chock-a-block’ were lost As per the previous two posts,…
Etymology of ‘chock-a-block’ [pt. 2]
[Part 1] As per the previous post, the English colloquialism ‘chock-a-block’ (very crowded) is…
Etymology of ‘chock-a-block’ [pt. 1]
The English colloquialism ‘chock-a-block’ (very crowded) is virtually identical in pronunciation as well as…
Meanings of the Mote and the Beam [pt. 4]
Work in progress… [See part 1; part 2; part 3]
Meanings of the Mote and the Beam [pt. 3]
[See part 1; part 2] I have never seen an interpretation of Matthew 7…
Meanings of the Mote and the Beam [pt. 2]
[See part 1] Translating Matthew 7, the King James Bible chooses ‘mote’ for kárphos,…
Meanings of the Mote and the Beam [pt. 1]
There are layers of mystery in Matthew 7:3‒5, the passage of the Sermon on…
Plato’s ‘γενναῖον ψεῦδος’
According to a common interpretation, in Republic Socrates says that the rulers of the…
Wildcard strings for Academic Copyeditors/Regular Expressions
Here’s a list of basic regular expressions/MS Word wildcard search strings, useful for academic…
Babel editing 