Ain't this about the grammar-based peptide, too?

Hi Languagehat,

Thanks for the mention. Most appreciated. We're having great fun with our new blogging project.

"Demountable buildings"? Hmmm.

Uh oh, these bacteria sound almost like lethal prescriptivists! I jest, not really, it's a bad joke.

Thanks for the links, these look good.

All mouth and no trousers - on a par with "All fur coat and no knickers" (a remark made by Rachel Nordlinger about people who give powerpoint presentations...)

Thanks for the All Mouth and Trousers link - you found it within hours of its low-key launch! Be assured that there will be further posts as and when, most likely including a complaint against a wholly anachronistic use of the 'no trousers' variant in David Peace's recent novel 'The Damned Utd'.

I've always been partial to the phrase "away for slates" myself, which seems to have one meaning in Ireland and a different one in the North of England.