Comments on: The Whimsy of Words

By: JD

JD — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:30:16 +0000

you sure he didn’t mean he was from good bovine stock?

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:30:43 +0000

I love it. I am always looking at the layers of meaning in words. My pet peeve is when people misuse “literally.” Very intelligent people like Jim Cramer say things like, “This country is literally falling apart.” Really? Like Pangea or what? Another recent funny misuse is when a guy told me on an on-line dating site that he was domesticated. (He meant he likes to cook and clean.) I’m glad for that and all, but I set my bar a little higher. Keep up the great posts. I would also like to recommend a book: Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose. The author is a genius at digging through layers of meaning.

By: Gentledove

Gentledove — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:58:46 +0000

That’s it I,m gonna take electricution lessons

By: Sex Mahoney

Sex Mahoney — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:55:13 +0000

I prefer going to watch the submarine races.

Sex Mahoney for President

By: JD

JD — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:30:38 +0000

ah my son will be overjoyed

vaz

you sound like thurston howell III

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:06:43 +0000

Look up egret and you’ll see that while your son’s choice is not the preferred pronunciation, it is acceptable (third choice). So he was not altogether wrong, although he should have said, “Your choice may be the preferred one, but I prefer mine.” I feel the same way about “vase,” which I say vaz (‘a’ as in ‘father’), even though vas (‘a’ as in ‘ace’) and vaz (again ‘a’ as in ‘ace’) are preferred. Oh yeah? By whom?

As for presidential misspeak, no one beats W, who insisted that tourism is a major problem and who has something against certain Scotch whisky companies — the evil Dewar’s.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:56:04 +0000

i love a good comeuppance

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:55:50 +0000

I remember being with a group of friends and had cause to say to one of them, “Don’t be so patronising” and he laughed loudly saying, “Surely you’ve got the wrong word there. I would prefer to patronise a pub!” He had a love of sarcasm where he love to put people down.

Everybody realised that he had not heard the word patronising before and laughed at him laughing at me. He sort of turned several shades of red before saying, “I was only joking.” For a good while afterwards his witty sarcasms seem to be less frequent.

By: LaCommontater

LaCommontater — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:46:52 +0000

When my oldest daughter was in 4th grade she signed all of her letters…”Sinceriously”. And that she was/is! The lawyer kid of mine…

And then…there’s always phone sex words turned comical..lol!

words words words…

By: rsgrady

rsgrady — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:06:25 +0000

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The blog buried in the url above should be intriguing enough to cut and paste…