Tag: appearances

half of a US dollar bill, with a person's hand filling in the missing half with a simple chalk drawing - illustrating the concept of fakes and forgeries

Fakes and forgeries (Things that are not what they seem to be)

On By Kate WoodfordIn the English language, Vocabulary21 Comments

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half of a US dollar bill, with a person's hand filling in the missing half with a simple chalk drawing - illustrating the concept of fakes and forgeries
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by Kate Woodford

I recently published a blog post on the language that we use to describe the way things seem to be (Keeping Up Appearances). Today, I’m looking at a related subject – words that describe things that are definitely not what they seem to be. Continue reading “Fakes and forgeries (Things that are not what they seem to be)” →

portrait of a woman wearing glasses who is holding up a simple pen drawing of a smiling mouth so that it covers the bottom half of her face - illustrating the concept of misleading appearances and talking about how things seem

Keeping up appearances (Talking about how things seem)

On By Kate WoodfordIn the English language, Vocabulary16 Comments

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portrait of a woman wearing glasses who is holding up a simple pen drawing of a smiling mouth so that it covers the bottom half of her face - illustrating the concept of misleading appearances and talking about how things seem
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by Kate Woodford

There’s an English saying You can’t judge a book by its cover, meaning that you cannot know what someone or something is really like by considering only appearance. However, we all make assessments based on how someone or something seems to be (even if we then find out that our initial judgment was wrong). This week, I’m looking at the language in this area, covering both single words and phrases. Continue reading “Keeping up appearances (Talking about how things seem)” →