FAUX PAS
An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation
~ New Oxford Dictionary
I don’t like this word. But i do it all the time.
For the Love of Reading
There’s a technology that we call the book, and many of us tend to assume that, well, everybody knows how to use books. Books are easy. It’s the modern technologies that students need to be trained to use effectively. And I think, No, not really. A book is actually not that easy to know how to use well, especially for young people who haven’t formed the habit of attending carefully to how they work ~ Alan Jacobs
Full interview here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/january/pleasures-of-reading.html
Filed under Books
Word of the Day
IRENIC
adjective: formal aiming or aimed at peace.
noun (irenics): a part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects
Filed under Vocablurry
