Being a Bluebird

[Taunton Blue Genie]

'Football today has changed a lot' doesn't make sense unless it really has undergone a transformation since breakfast.

[lardy]

'Football today has changed a lot' doesn't make sense unless it really has undergone a transformation since breakfast.

It does make sense, of course, because absolutely everyone understands the meaning.

Using 'today' after a noun is often a synonym for 'nowadays', as it is in that sentence. Putting 'today' at the end of the sentence would change the meaning to 'it happened today'.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

It does make sense, of course, because absolutely everyone understands the meaning.

Using 'today' after a noun is often a synonym for 'nowadays', as it is in that sentence. Putting 'today' at the end of the sentence would change the meaning to 'it happened today'.

'Nowadays' is fine by me.

[lardy]

'Nowadays' is fine by me.

You must go crazy with idioms.

"But it's just water falling from the sky, where are the animals that everyone's talking about?"

[Taunton Blue Genie]

You must go crazy with idioms.

"But it's just water falling from the sky, where are the animals that everyone's talking about?"

I was being a tad playful, old fruit. I love idioms and especially learning about those in other languages.
Did you know that the surface of cobbled streets in Dutch is described as 'kinderkopjes' i.e. the heads of small children?

[lardy]

I was being a tad playful, old fruit. I love idioms and especially learning about those in other languages.
Did you know that the surface of cobbled streets in Dutch is described as 'kinderkopjes' i.e. the heads of small children?

Can you only be a 'tad' playful when the word implies that you are full of play?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Can you only be a 'tad' playful when the word implies that you are full of play?

Or ful of play perhaps.