For a little while there, the Game Show Network had episodes of Chain Reaction on after 5. I don’t know what it is about that show, but it’s addictive. You can get sucked in so easily. I had to laugh at my scathing review of Chain Reaction from 13 years ago. I really had a …
Category Archives: wording and grammar
Today In English Is A Silly Ass Language
I ask this all the time, but how did any of us ever manage to learn anything?
I Beleev He’s Right. Our Spellings Are Grotesk
26 of Noah Webster’s Spelling Changes That Didn’t Catch On Not sure why most of these didn’t stick, honestly. They make much more sense than what we have, with the added bonus that every person who ever told akid to “just sound it out” doesn’t wind up coming off like a friggin idiot. Why does …
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It’s Your Name. The Phone Says So
I just used the voice dictation on my iPhone to send a text. In that text, I used the word “dipshit”. Dictation got it correct, but it capitalized it. I wasn’t sure if that was a one off, so I sent another text and used it again. Again, it put a capital D on it. …
Imbecile/Arsehole
I asked a question on Twitter a few minutes ago upon seeing this. How are people so impossibly stupid and why do they insist on running for public office? God bless the Snopes people. All day every day they get to hear nothing but the dumbest things from everyone’s most out to lunch relatives and …
Use Your Words. And Use Them Properly, While You’re AT It
38 Word Usage Mistakes Even Smart People Make This is a handy list, and I can see myself referring to it often since there are a few on it that I have to frequently remind myself how to get right (whose vs. who’s trips me up more than I’d like and I don’t know why). …
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Will You Kids Stop Sports Entertaining UP There! I Don’t Need You Ending UP In A Local Medical Facility!
Wrestling and wrestler no longer considered ‘dirty words’ in WWE Good god in heaven do I ever hope this is true. WWE does a million stupid things, but the ridiculous attempts to get rid of words like wrestling and wrestler will always be near the top of my list no matter what else ever happens. …
Why?
Why is my iPhone suddenly obsessed with getting me to mute notifications, especially ones from apps and conversations I tend to look at more than not? And why does hitting the “not now” button cause nothing to happen? Oh, and when I say obsessed, I’m not joking. The damn thing literally just tried to get …
So They’re Sex Offenders, Then?
Here’s an especially silly and pointless example of useless politically correct language. Sex offenders in Colorado are getting a new label after the state’s Sex Offender Management Board voted to change the terminology referring to them. CBS Denver reported board voted 10-6 to change the term sex offender to “adults who commit sexual offenses” during …
Say That Again And I’ll Beat You With A Frozen Dictionary
I’m making a new personal rule. If someone invites me to dinner and tells me that they’re “unthawing” something, I’m not going. Not because I’m picky or don’t want to hang out (well ok, maybe that second one a little). No, I’m doing it for my health. My dental health, specifically. Thing is, I’m not …
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