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Excrescent <i>‘s</i>
Back on May 21st, Victor Steinbok posted an example from a comment on Google+: (1) Does anyone see what’s the tactic is? noting that such things were common in comments and in speech, and observ… more →
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Vera Pavlova summarizes life in eight lines.
wrote 2 months ago: From Vera Pavlova, eight lines that summarize my social, psychological, and sexual lives at St. John … more →
णमुल् and Sanskrit pleonasm
wrote 3 months ago: The previous post mentioned the Sanskrit affix णमुल्, which forms uninflected words with various mea … more →
Pleonasmic simplicity
wrote 6 months ago: Today I learned a new word, and now I’m going to inflict it on you, my devoted readers (and the othe … more →
Strong vs Weak Words ~ Part 35 ~ Pleonasm and Tautology
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wrote 7 months ago: I owe you an apology. I made a mistake. I can hear you all gasping in horror. “What? The Maven of S … more →
Ambiguities in Languages or: Find Waldo
wrote 8 months ago: Equus ferus caballus Did you now that the german word for a white horse is Schimmel? This word Schim … more →
Why I really dislike localized error messages...
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wrote 8 months ago: The problem with localized error messages often is that it is virtually impossible to find informati … more →
A girl’s guide to her boyfriend’s passion (Episode 1: Football)
wrote 9 months ago: For a lot of girls, they’ll have boyfriends who are crazy for football or as you Americans wou … more →
What I don't like, is when people talk...
wrote 9 months ago: … after and before every new song! I mean, during a gig! Imagine, one announces what they … more →
Purple Prose By Any Other Name
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wrote 9 months ago: Posted by: Jan Morrill www.janmorrill.wordpress.com I love finding a new word–a unique word th … more →
Learn a New Word
wrote 9 months ago: How many times in your daily work life do you come across new words? I’m guessing not many. So I t … more →
Pleonasms
wrote 10 months ago: I base this text on a page Richard Nordquist[1] has published on about.com comprising common express … more →
Hello world! s2
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wrote 11 months ago: Helloooooooo…. So I’ve created this blog with no particular purpose other than to put do … more →
Exploring Frontal Lobotomies, Freezer Burn, True Facts and Hippopotami
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wrote 11 months ago: I find the English language fascinating. I’ve posted observations on a few of the oddities of the En … more →
A Lovely New Word and a Challenge
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wrote 11 months ago: Just don’t go on about it. Pleonasm is tiring. Yesterday at Today I Think Patricia gave us the … more →
Excrescent 's
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wrote 11 months ago: Back on May 21st, Victor Steinbok posted an example from a comment on Google+: (1) Does anyone see w … more →
Riddled With Redundancy
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wrote 1 year ago: In my attempts to be sure the meaning of my words are not lost to the reader, my temptation is to ad … more →
How To Avoid Redundancy
wrote 1 year ago: What is Redundancy? Writing is called redundant when it is repetitious or over uses words, phrases o … more →
A bunch of condescending pedants
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wrote 1 year ago: Via Tim McDaniel, this Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: (Maybe I should create a new postings cate … more →
How the word 'Pleonastic' saved me from a gang assault
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wrote 1 year ago: If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s basically using more words than you need to, to express the sam … more →
