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“Please rsvp? That’s like saying ATM machine!”

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

When it comes to malopropisms and tautologies, you have strong opinions.

  • David Astle

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Melbourne’s magic coffee: a Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

  • David Astle
Despite their silence, gestures speak.

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

  • David Astle
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Brewery gets the cold gold shoulder

As wordplay becomes lager than life.

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Waxing lyrical about a bottler of a time

And brewing up a don’t argue.

Taupe, a truly horrible colour. But do you say it like “rope” or “warp”?

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

  • David Astle
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Diplomacy leads to friction

And sparks debate.

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

  • David Astle
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When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

  • David Astle
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Daddy issues of the week

Making Miss Kitt great again.