Today was a joyous day in our country. It was also both a monumental and momentous occasion. It was not a "monumentous" one. The opinions of multiple callers and pundits on NPR today notwithstanding.
Showing posts with label english. Show all posts
Showing posts with label english. Show all posts
20 January, 2009
17 November, 2008
English as She is Spoke, Part 2: the Good
"Meh" was recently added to the Collins English Dictionary. My fuddy-duddy post of yesterday notwithstanding, this makes me happy. I enjoy having an onomotopoetic word for apathy.
English as She is Spoke
<rant> Twenty percent of the words in the title of Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land are misspelled! In the title! You're telling me not even his editor remembers the word "ley?" I suppose I shouldn't be surprised: Firefox doesn't know the word. It snubs me with its little red dotted line, suggesting instead "la," and "lye," and even "hey" and "levy." </rant>
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