About Figures of Speech

We have no idea what this site is for. Something will turn up. We generally keep away from day-to-day happenings in the world.

Linking and citing

Linking to an article: Click on the 'Cite' button at the bottom of the article. A reference and a uri will be displayed in the text box. A single-click on the box will copy the information to the clipboard

Linking to a particular place in an article: Double click on any of the major elements in an article (paragraph, caption etc., but not images) A reference and a uri which links to the element will be displayed in the text box. A single-click on the box will copy the information to the clipboard

Commenting system

The commenting system is simple. At the bottom of articles suitable for commenting there is a comments field. Its use is intuitive. No other data is stored beside your comment.

Contacting us

You are very welcome to contact us by email. Choose between the safe but tedious method (for elderly devices) and the quick but ever so slightly risky method.

• Safe but tedious: [fosfigures-of-speech.com]
  Select the text between the square brackets, copy, paste it into the address line of a new email, insert the '@' character between 'fos' and 'figures'. A sensible title line will help your message get through our spam filter.
• Slightly risky but quick: Click Figures of Speech
  Here is a description of this risk.

Content

No tracking. No advertisements. No cookies. No user data capture or storage. Not very much content, either, so you're very safe on this site.

We are happy to take contributions (length 200-2,000 words, plain text, your own work). No payment, just lasting fame.

Content updates

The organization of the articles on this site is chronological, but, unlike many blogs, the articles do not sink down into oblivion after a while. Even elderly articles may be updated. A list of updated articles can be found in the menu under the heading Updated content.