Comments on: The Humble Foot

By: persnickety pete

persnickety pete — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:44:58 +0000

Fun post, but I’m distracted by the hyphen/dash/no punctuation mess going on after each of the phrases you define. )

nutmeag — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:56 +0000

Having two left feet – too clumsy to dance (like me!).

And I, like Clare, thought of the metrical foot when I first saw the article’s title. But this was still a fun article.

Tony — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:24:02 +0000

To have your feet under the table means that the potential in-laws like you.

PreciseEdit — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:55:54 +0000

to get a foothold
get your foot in the door

Clare Lynch — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:34:57 +0000

Fair enough, Maeve – you’re lucky enough to have a very big audience.

If you do feel the need to blog about i-mutation at any point, please do!