Ah, all of these in parentheses (these articles, I mean). The reason: I have still to 'write about Yarema's recent gig at Ashton Ukrainian Club' (quoted from here). And while that is pending, all of these articles just need to be included as side-issues - and indeed they do need to be included because of this Pact I made that cold, Wednesday evening in October. It is this festival, you see. With the extraordinary excitement of late, I haven't given a thought to my account of our most recent gig. It will be writ, but maybe now it will be in 2007, after the excitement has died down. Indeed, the excitement is so great - and partially to make up for all these parenthetic articles - I've decided that this Wednesday, there will be two Words of the Week!
Word of the Week
Festival
festival n. 1 a day or period of celebration, religious or secular. 2 a concentrated series of concerts, plays, etc., held regularly in a town etc. (Bath Festival).
Definition courtesy of the Concise Oxford Dictionary
This is a very apt abstract noun, methinks, considering the circumstances.
Word of the Week
Punctuation
punctuation n. 1 the system or arrangement of marks used to punctuate a written passage. 2 the practice or skill of punctuating.
Definition courtesy of the Concise Oxford Dictionary
Again, an abstract noun, and a nicely apt one too, considering the titles of my previous articles. Punctuation is one of the most delicious aspects of language. To remove a comma from one place and place it in another can change a sentence's meaning beyond imagination, and the shear subtleties - oh! those gorgeous, lovely subtleties - they can bring so much joy. Punctuation is the rhythm of language: as with rests in music, language would be nothing without its precious punctuation. A much maligned noun, the punctuation mark needs much nurturing if the author designs to be a good one; for to misuse this WoW of ours can make the difference between a reasonably good author - requiring, of course, that he has a firm grasp of sentence structure, and understands verbs and nouns to a reasonable level - for without that basic knowledge, no aspiring writer could ever be a good one - I say, punctuation can make the difference between a reasonably good author, and an extremely good author. A terrible author, of course (like your humble narrator), will have no grasp of any of those above mentioned, and must recourse to long-winded, pseudo-literary pontificating, in an attempt to convince his reader that he can write, and that what he writes is worth reading.
