Solemn Sound-Sculpted Sentences

Softly, subtly, speech shimmers: alliteration, ancient and artful, awakes attention.

Nov 15 • 

Scott Monty

8

3

3

A Taste of Immortality

Or, how to eat your heroes

Nov 1 • 

Scott Monty

9

1

2

October 2025

The King’s English and the Tyranny of Taste

A reminder from a century ago

Oct 18 • 

Scott Monty

6

1

2

The Genealogy of “Snake Oil”

Welcome to “Off the Clock,” a little something that lands somewhere between Timeless & Timely.

Oct 4 • 

Scott Monty

9

1

1

September 2025

How Drugs Are Named

You might end up with a headache

Sep 20 • 

Scott Monty

10

Labor Day Quotes

Inspiration for the work ahead

Sep 6 • 

Scott Monty

10

2

4

August 2025

Free Resources for Readers

Read on...

Aug 23 • 

Scott Monty

13

1

Peculiar Plurals

Not all plurals are predictable

Aug 9 • 

Scott Monty

8

July 2025

Irreversible Binomials

These phrases are alive and well

Jul 26 • 

Scott Monty

8

1

1

Great Big Beautiful List of Useless Words

What could be better?

Jul 19 • 

Scott Monty

10

2

June 2025

Unpaired Words

You may be plussed after reading this

Jun 21 • 

Scott Monty

10

2

Semicolonoscopy

Some call it unnecessary; to others, it is essential.

Jun 7 • 

Scott Monty

11

1

1