Dictionary corner
My last post was a bit unfair - after all, who knows what solipsism means anyway? I didn't. It began when the 'Bard of Littlestone' suggested (by text) that most blogs are solipsistic. Whatever that word meant, I liked it. So, after quick reference to my Oxford Dictionary of English app, I was able to find out that solipsism is: the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist the quality of being self-centred or selfish Blimey... Now, is the Bard correct in his observation? Let is look at the facts. Most blogs are written in the first person. They are normally based on what that person has done. Or thinks. Very few posts are written to inform the reader of something that is in some way not a part of the poster. However, what I would say (to steal from George Orwell) is this - All bloggers are solipsistic, but some bloggers are more solipsistic than others. So, at a time when there are more Yellow-browed Warblers in the UK than ever before...