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A look at the use, misuse and humor of the English language
http://wordsbybob.com
A look at the use, misuse and humor of the English language.
- Added on: Feb 21st, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: wordsbybob
- Listed in: Family Friendly Observational Humor
- Tags: humor language misuse
Recent Posts
Where’s your Aspen?
Recently, I did a blog post about slogans and mottos. Closely tied to this (same say it is the same) is the tagline. In that post, I mentioned the tagline that Hooters restaurants use. (Go to the post if you don’t know what it is) Other well-kn...
Musings about speedometers
Words, the use of words and humor in words are what this blog is about. Today, I have the urge to post about numbers. I guess I can put this item in the context of words. Maybe it is about form and function, limits, reasonability or common sense. A...
Change, alter or amend? You decide
Change, alter or amend? Which word is best? Well it depends on what you are trying to convey. At first blush (and why do we say first blush) the terms are the same or at least very similar. Change This means to make something different from what...
You do the math…or not
“You do the math.” I can’t say when I first heard this term but it seems to be fairly new. That said, it is being used incorrectly a lot in my opinion. I would imagine that originally it mean to compare numbers. An example might be that...
Funny sign on a business
I really saw this sign, and had to go back with my camera. It is a double FAIL. The apostrophe police should be after them to start. Then the grammar police. Didn’t most of us learn early on that words ending in F should be changed when m...
Innocent or naive?
I was reading in the local newspaper last weekend about an upcoming musical event. The director of the music called the characters “not so much naive as they are innocent.” This statement got me thinking. I guess I always considered innocent an...
