Contents – June 2024
Editorial
Clarity
Slang
Acrostics
Friends of Judy
Editorial
Letter from the Editor
I
n this issue on Fog, I’m back at words that can be both nouns and verbs. (See Issue 3), combining that approach with expert opinion (See Issue 5). Expert opinion, in this case, comes from dictionaries. With commentary and questions from Olive.
Then, taking a somewhat opposite approach, I have included another kind of expert opinion on fog– British slang.
Temporarily abandoning my fascination with haikus and limericks, I’ve tried my hand at two acrostics – both related to fog.
clarity
Fog and Expert Opinion
Fog as a Noun
Definitions from Dictionary.com
Meteorological Definitions
Thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist)
Olive: I’m quite taken with “to a greater extent than mist,” apparently meant as a clarifier; I was following this definition until it was clarified. Now I’m in a fog!
Slang
Fog and British Slang
Bob’s your uncle British equivalent of “et voila!”
Example: “Bob’s your uncle – you are out of the fog!”
Curtain Twitcher a nosey neighbour
Example: “If it had not been for the fog, she might not have been a curtain twitcher. Or a spy.”
Acrostics
Two Acrostics
By Judy Green
Fog
Frenzy. I am covered with steam.
Optimistic. That someone will open the door.
Good. You’re here!
Optimistic. That someone will open the door.
Good. You’re here!
Friends of Judy
Friends of Judy
Ingmar Bergman (via St. Paul)
“Through a glass darkly.”
Joseph Conrad
“It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.”
Emily Dickinson
“But it is growing damp and I must go in. Memory’s fog is rising.”
issue no. 6