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poignard

n., PONE-yerd or PWN-yerd for you gamers out there. As you could probably tell from the way the pronunciation doesn’t match the spelling, the word is indeed French. The Anglicized spelling is ‘poniard,’ and in French or English it refers to a small, tapering dagger. “She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.” –Benedick, from Much […]

VBS 2013 Development Diary: #12: Stepping Up

Every year we do Bible school I supervise  most aspects of the skit: writing, direction, set building, prop construction, casting, and rehearsal (I have a lot of input on the music and costumes, but not usually enough expertise to give useful input). I usually have some people who take care of some of these once […]