tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68039184315455562482024-03-14T06:58:52.710+00:00My First DictionaryToday's word is...Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-25859324766594325452012-06-10T18:25:00.000+01:002012-06-10T18:33:15.184+01:00Farewell!<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All bad things come to an end – and, as you’ve probably already surmised from the lack of updates over the last six months, <em>My First Dictionary</em> has pretty much finished its run. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s down to a mixture of factors. Throughout the course of the blog, I’ve been steadily and inevitably running out of pictures to steal from the original children’s dictionary. Perhaps more devastatingly (and more obviously) I’ve also been running out of ideas. There’s only so many ways to kill a child, as sick humorists and serial killers far greater than I have no doubt discovered. Kittens are easier to kill – they stun easily and tend not to arouse as much suspicion when they disappear – but I fear we’re wandering slightly off-topic now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I won’t say I’ll never pop back here if inspiration suddenly hits (there’s nothing like a little lump of coal-black nastiness to dampen the Christmas spirit in December, say) but this is it for now. The book’s still in print and offers plenty of words and definitions you can’t find on the blog, as well as flash cards, exercises and other goodies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you’re <em>really</em> missing your fix of nasty things happening to innocent people, you’re welcome to stop by my new blog, <br /><strong><a href="http://thebabydied.blogspot.co.uk/">The Baby Died</a></strong>, which reprints fascinatingly horrible news snippets from times (thankfully) past. It’s not intended to be a laugh-fest but if, like me, you find yourself psychologically incapable of suppressing some sort of giggle at the thought of a gruesome accident, there’s a certain streak of irresponsible humour to be had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thanks for all your support, comments and alternative captions over the years. It’s been a blast. See you in the funnies,</span></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Was it too much? Was it not funny? Well, it wasn’t very <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">subtle</i>, certainly. And it wasn’t hugely funny, although I’d defend that one by pointing out that MFD isn’t always “funny” – sometimes I just get a kick out of the potentially disturbing juxtaposition of weird situations and cute pictures. Believe it or not, however, yesterday’s post wasn’t the first draft of the basic idea. I previously played around with some slightly softer scenarios, like this one:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh, and just in case you <em>were</em> upset...</span><br />
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The first complaint about the content of <em>My First Dictionary</em>... the <em>book</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But I can sympathize with her niggling feeling of uncertainty when faced with an upset parent. While part of me feels secretly thrilled to have enraged a likely member of the self-righteous brigade, I don’t set out to genuinely distress anyone. Actually, I began MFD with the hope of making you <em>laugh</em>. Not everyone will, and that’s fine. Humour’s a personal thing. That’s why there’s no point telling someone else not to find something funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also got my first review a couple of days ago, in <em>The Boston Globe</em>:</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-63075702381675339302011-01-31T23:38:00.000+00:002011-01-31T23:38:38.109+00:00Today's word is dear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TUdH4Y50TBI/AAAAAAAADY8/QBmmq5fdqAE/s1600/dear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TUdH4Y50TBI/AAAAAAAADY8/QBmmq5fdqAE/s400/dear.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-11108855135952569102011-01-30T20:00:00.002+00:002011-02-04T19:26:09.612+00:00Incoming!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With only a couple of days remaining until the release of the <strong><a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/My-First-Dictionary-Ross-Horsley?isbn=9780062000019&HCHP=TB_My+First+Dictionary"><em>My First Dictionary</em> book</a></strong>, I thought I’d give you a sneaky peek at the back cover:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alongside words previously featured here on this very blog, the 192-page magnum opus comprises <em>over 50%</em> <em>entirely new content</em>, including vocab tests, flashcards and entries <em>guaranteed never to appear online!</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Who makes these guarantees? I DO! (Oh, and my publishing contract.) Besides, have you ever known italics to lie?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Nope.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/My-First-Dictionary-Ross-Horsley?isbn=9780062000019&HCHP=TB_My+First+Dictionary">Click here to buy</a></strong>, or check out your local Amazon.</span>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-21106046645356180102011-01-25T23:23:00.000+00:002011-01-25T23:23:06.570+00:00Insight!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here’s a little treat for you today – a snippet from the genuine 1940s children’s dictionary that supplies the illustrations for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My First Dictionary</i>. As you can see, the original authors weren’t entirely without their own streak of black humour... </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-33345969508965819002011-01-22T11:55:00.000+00:002011-01-22T11:55:15.901+00:00Today's word is nickname<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TTrE7osp67I/AAAAAAAADYs/mj48l_cxnGA/s1600/nickname.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TTrE7osp67I/AAAAAAAADYs/mj48l_cxnGA/s400/nickname.jpg" width="283" /></a></div>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-68691015114673672222011-01-19T23:28:00.000+00:002011-01-19T23:28:48.806+00:00Today's word is discuss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TTdzjMQRmpI/AAAAAAAADYo/THIE7jkbzQs/s1600/discussion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TTdzjMQRmpI/AAAAAAAADYo/THIE7jkbzQs/s400/discussion.jpg" width="305" /></a></div>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803918431545556248.post-41668857419992632952011-01-17T23:13:00.000+00:002011-01-17T23:13:32.655+00:00Today's word is stuck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TTTM11HnINI/AAAAAAAADYk/5-AyMxq42Js/s1600/stuck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CQUVBaE1_hU/TTTM11HnINI/AAAAAAAADYk/5-AyMxq42Js/s400/stuck.jpg" width="322" /></a></div>Ross Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789417379450194170noreply@blogger.com12