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Hardly a Wordsmith

Hardly a Wordsmith

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American English Revisited: Observations on Regional Dialects, Colloquialisms, Linguistic Quirks, and Commonly Misused Words and Phrases (from a Southerner's Perspective)

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My difficulties when learning Chinese

My Kafkaesque life | December 21st 2009 by Michael

I'm practicing Chinese [*I'm talking about Mandarin here] again and I want to talk about the difficulties I'm encountering in the process. Me and Shirley have been tweeting about who speaks better Chinese, but it's quite hard to say at this point, be read more

Fondue Me!

Just Humor Me | December 13th 2009 by Diane Laney Fitzpatrick

I think I’ve mentioned before that I lost my cooking mojo. I used to enjoy cooking and experimenting with ingredients I mispronounced; using the pasta roller and other gadgets that are now in my laundry room cupboards; and buying things that had du read more

Biggest Loser diet

From Couch Potato to Athlete | December 10th 2009 by Harsh Desai

If you watched the new recently , Danny Cahill was crowned as the winner for Biggest Loser Season 8.   So most people are curious about the Biggest Loser Diet( mispronounced as Biggest Looser by some ..) and want to know if you can lose 7-8 pound read more

A feud: Glenn Beck vs. ex-con Robert Creamer

Marathon Pundit | December 9th 2009

I was in downtown Chicago this evening for a blog-related social engagement, so I missed Glen Beck's show. I guess he purposely mispronounced the last name of my congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston). According to the Chicago Tribune, a Polish read more

Willis resident wins big on Wheel of Fortune

Mike McGuff Blog | December 7th 2009 by mikemcguff

Willis, TX resident Nicole Lambeth just won big on Wheel of Fortune: During the actual taping Nicole was amused when host Pat Sajak mispronounced the name of her hometown. “He called it Willies,” she said. Nicole chose not to correct him, but read more

Growing Nyjer Thistle In North America

new species!!! poppalopakinz bird | December 6th 2009

Last Saturday was the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union Paper Session (a boring term for annual gathering). One of the presentations was from John and Lisa Loegering about attempts to produce Nyjer in North America. Let’s get some basics d read more

Verne and Gary's Not-So-Excellent Adventure [Media Meltdowns]

Deadspin | December 6th 2009 by Mark Watson

If you're like me, you may have found the announcing during yesterday's SEC Championship Game to be....underwhelming. Here's a compilation of Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson's greatest moments of confusion, obfuscation and outright lies. To be fai read more

Katherine Heigl White Panty See Through Dress

Celebrity Gossip | December 6th 2009 by David Walker

Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actress and former fashion model.On September 16, 2007, Heigl won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzie read more

What I am thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day!

DianeCA's Metamorphoses | November 26th 2009 by Diane C. Amundsen

I am thankful for being able to call my Dad and that he still loves me in spite all I have put him through in my life. I am thankful for my amazing husband, RennyBA, who actually seems to understand my special brand of insanity. I am thankful for m read more

From Baghdad: I’ve Landed in Beirut

Lebanon News: Under Rug Swept | November 26th 2009 by Jad Aoun

US Senator Roland Burris may have had a Freudian Slip followed by fumbling comments as he spoke to reports on his Monday trip to Iraq: At one point during a conference call with reporters, Burris said he had landed in Beirut, not Baghdad. He also sai read more

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