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Shakespeare's Use of Language in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Saera wrote 2 months ago: Bombast is boastful or ranting language.  In Midsummer Night’s Dream, bombast is used most oft … more →

Tags: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Language, Bombast, Irony, Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare

What to do when student says, "Juan molests me"3 comments

ayearinparadise wrote 3 months ago: I was invited to speak at a private school in Barranquilla Colombia. The seventh grade class was le … more →

Tags: writing, Travel, Molest, Teaching, Stocks

Malapropisms1 comment

paul wrote 3 months ago: I’d like to start a photo gallery of language gaffes you may come across, malapropisms or othe … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Do you speak Kanye???2 comments

jay3arr wrote 5 months ago: The Lost Member of Alvin and the Chipmunks...   Being that it’s blatantly difficult for a lot … more →

Tags: Commentary, Humor, adidas, Alvin and the chipmunks, Can't Tell Me Nothing, cocky, Everything I Am, Graduation, Kanye to English Dictionary

Malapropism I

Trinny wrote 6 months ago: The other day I was reading People magazine (don’t ask!) when I came across the following sen … more →

Tags: media, Work, boiling water, celsius, Cholera, circumspect, clumsy sentence construction, Copy, fahrenheit

Snowveralls2 comments

Lou (Linda) wrote 6 months ago: I gave my nephew Mitchell a pair of snow overalls (what I call “snowveralls”) for Christ … more →

Tags: Family, ha, Whitney, Mitchell, Christmas, Holidays, Funny, nephew, snow+overalls

Bad jokes are only funny when your father tells them2 comments

Poet With a Day Job wrote 7 months ago: Listen. There’s a dual epidemic spreading fast through our society, and it seems that in light … more →

Tags: Bad Jokes, Puns, making up own words

Six Degrees of Wikipedia: Kevin Bacon1 comment

Victoria Rose wrote 8 months ago: This week, I thought it would be fun to play “Six Degrees of Wikipedia” with the canonic … more →

Tags: Six Degrees of..., Kevin Bacon, Elementary School, Working Class, All In The Family..., Calvin and Hobbes, Princeton University, Wikipedia

Castration practised in Malaysia?1 comment

Higgins wrote 9 months ago: The most talked about topic in Malaysia now is the fate of the ISA. However I’m not here to gi … more →

Tags: Varieties of English

Those Lovely Paramedics

Mr. Craig wrote 10 months ago: My friend Rebecca just told me a delightful little story, about an elderly relative and a wonderful … more →

Tags: nothing really, humour, Story, paramedics, Funny

Why you should avoid dating a foreign person - part one4 comments

crunkfish wrote 10 months ago: There are many benefits to dating a Eastern European immigrant. Least of all because their standards … more →

Tags: Nationalism, Surgery, Girlfriend, Testicles, Czech, Foreigners

Unchartered what?2 comments

jd2718 wrote 10 months ago: Schools can be chartered (ugh). Companies can be chartered. Boats can be chartered. Helicopters can … more →

Tags: language, unchartered waters

Music & Lyrics5 comments

Crystal wrote 1 year ago: I was reading a really funny post on Beth Moore’s Blog titled Malapropisms.  I admit, I had no … more →

Tags: A Penny For My Thoughts, Lyrics, The Who

Lapsus Linguae

Ray wrote 1 year ago: “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.” – Samuel Goldwyn (assumed) … more →

Tags: English, Conversation, Crap, Psychology, Latin, language, sense, Statement, achievement

normalcy

philologist wrote 1 year ago: Now, this word may not make my blood boil the way “semiprecious” does. And as you may or … more →

Tags: logomisia, normalcy, Normality, WARREN HARDING, bush, neologism, suffix, campaign slogan

Indioms1 comment

neensky wrote 1 year ago: Indiom [in-dee-uhm] –noun (derived from the english word idiom) a figure of speech or a colloquial … more →

Tags: definitions, idiom, Blog, Colloquial, India

Mondegreens and Eggcorns

Chris wrote 1 year ago: I’m a total Wikipedia addict. Today, I came across the entry for “eggcorn,” a rec … more →

Tags: Social and Politics, Personal, language, Linguistics, eggcorn, Terms, stupidity

A classic...

romdjoll wrote 1 year ago: This one is thanks to Martin, my manager…. While working in Waterstones Martin heard of a cust … more →

Tags: Silly Customers, silly customer, Shakespeare

The Editorial Itch... Are You Lucky Enough to Have It?

Nancy wrote 1 year ago: Just a quick note about a concept called “the editorial itch,” as it may be little known … more →

Tags: communications, Copywriting, Freelance, Grammar, Proofreading, Editor, Editorial, language


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