tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post2447763998149258874..comments2023-08-10T09:38:07.159+01:00Comments on Revising Reform: My two-penn'orth on the Biblioblogs 'hoo-haa'Rev R Marszalekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-68762328995014416302009-09-08T07:44:12.059+01:002009-09-08T07:44:12.059+01:00May I remind the anonymous poster that Rachel is a...May I remind the anonymous poster that Rachel is a pedant by profession, and that it is a noble calling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-20659458602310633122009-09-07T23:29:14.593+01:002009-09-07T23:29:14.593+01:00I have to say I did read the sacking of Elaine Sto...I have to say I did read the sacking of Elaine Storkey as sexist, but also because she was seen as a too powerful representative of a kind of evangelicalism that was disliked by the new principal, and as a powerful woman, more widely known and read than said principal, was perceived as a very particular threat. Of course, that assessment is very much from the outside, but It was how I thought it looked at the time.Doug Chaplinhttp://clayboy.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-69326722304385381522009-09-07T18:43:55.355+01:002009-09-07T18:43:55.355+01:00Absolutely ! ;-)Absolutely ! ;-)Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-72102655785339239992009-09-07T17:46:21.571+01:002009-09-07T17:46:21.571+01:00A good example of the pedantry of some bibliobilio...A good example of the pedantry of some bibliobilioblogging (the first comment that is).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-30790637996347227922009-09-07T16:02:30.745+01:002009-09-07T16:02:30.745+01:00Thank you for the correction - just proves you'...Thank you for the correction - just proves you're never too old to learn - I will amend accordingly. <br /><br />Yes, there was a degree of irony in the title.Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-42474172688661040402009-09-07T09:05:31.662+01:002009-09-07T09:05:31.662+01:00'Two penn'orth' is a contraction of &#...'Two penn'orth' is a contraction of 'two pennyworth', so 'twopenneth worth' is both spelled incorrectly and has an extra 'worth' at the end that it doesn't need. Hope this helps.<br />It isn't true in this case, but usually, in my experience, when people offer what they call their two pennorth (or, as I heard one not very bright person say, his 'tuppence worth' HUH!) it isn't worth tuppence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com