George LongleyAug 22, 20233 min readShow Me Your METAL! Part III.In this final instalment of ‘Show Me Your Metal’, we shall look at four metallic elements which were not known to the ancients, but whose...
George LongleyAug 15, 20232 min readShow Me Your Metal! Part IIGreetings all, welcome to part two of three in the series on Greek and Latin derived symbols in the periodic table. This article...
George LongleyAug 1, 20232 min readShow me your METAL! Part 1Okay, so I am a better Classicist than I am a comedian. And so in this entry for Wordy Wonders, we look at the origins of key chemical...
George LongleyApr 1, 20231 min readIt was an -ITY Bitty Derivative…I like the word INEVITABLE. Not because I particularly like its meaning, but because I like the story of its journey into English....
George LongleyApr 11, 20222 min readWordy Weekly 11/04/2022: A Dash of HumourThere’s nothing like a good joke! And lots of words related to humour and comedy come from Latin or Greek. So, we have a funny flavour...
George LongleyFeb 20, 20221 min readWordy Weekly 2022: Intro and Week IWordy Weekly 2022 – Introduction Just over a year ago in January 2021, the very first Wordy Weekly was BloggusClassicus’ very first post....
George LongleyOct 14, 20212 min readDr George’s Old-fashioned Fancies IIWordy Weekly XXXIII Do you know a good punning put down? I do indeed, there is no better put down than a Latin deponent verb. (Dr...