Blogs about: Don Watson
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Reading: Journeying in Travel Writing
When we announced 12 years ago that we’d be moving to Australia, our friends in New York threw us a big going-away party. Among the gifts were several books. Because we like to scuba dive, a fellow … more →
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Reading: Journeying in Travel Writing
adairjones wrote 5 months ago: When we announced 12 years ago that we’d be moving to Australia, our friends in New York threw us … more →
Review: The Wayward Tourist, Mark Twain's Adventures in Australia
adairjones wrote 5 months ago: In 1895, in debt after the failure of a pet project, a new literary work and several investments, … more →
'American Journeys' by Don Watson
residentjudge wrote 7 months ago: 2008, 326 p. I haven’t been to America. And I don’t normally read travel books. That … more →
radioadelaidepublicdomain wrote 8 months ago: Sunday Oct 12 Audio Here A man of many parts: William Blackstone and the English Enlightenment Prof … more →
If We Are Talking About Records…
middletownmike wrote 9 months ago: In a recent letter, Republican candidate for Middletown Township Committee Tony Fiore said that we s … more →
Weaselly Slips of the Tongue
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V wrote 10 months ago: >Weasel Words, Euphemisms, Doublespeak and the Concealment of Truth This is an essay I wrote for … more →
Brisbane Writers Festival 2008
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Meg wrote 10 months ago: Brisbane Writers Festival Wed 17 – Sun 21 September State Library of Queensland (South Bank) T … more →
Death Sentence – The Decay of Public Language by Don Watson
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Nina wrote 1 year ago: I have a colleague who cannot express a thought without using the words ‘stakeholder’, ‘road map’ or … more →
"Ask yourself: would you stay if your value-added was not appreciated?"
Nadia wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been reading Don Watson’s ‘Death Sentence’. I recommend it already, and … more →
An absence of eloqence? Australian speech in the 1890s
Melissa Bellanta wrote 1 year ago: Once again I’ve been reading Don Watson’s exquisite diatribe, Death Sentence (2003). It … more →
Don Watson and the Death Sentence
jmccormack wrote 2 years ago: There’s a book out there that’s worth reading called Death Sentences. It pokes fun at co … more →
What are weasel words then?
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wonderingpilgrim wrote 3 years ago: Don Watson, author of Death Sentence of the English Language, has published Watson’s Dictionar … more →
Saying What I Mean
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wonderingpilgrim wrote 3 years ago: This has always been a challenge – finding the words to say what my mind is churning over at a … more →
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