Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts

Thursday, June 04, 2009

One, to Go, Please!

I saw this walking through the supermarket this morning, and being me, I read it in a way that was not intended. In my mind it was not a package of six foot-long hot dog buns, it was six-foot-long hot dog buns. Which would require one heckuva hot dog to fill it. Just one, please!

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Wikilook 1.3.1 -- Firefox Add-On

Wikilook 1.3.1 is a Firefox add-on that allows you to look up the meaning of a word on a web page without leaving the current page. Simply hold down shift, then hover the mouse pointer over the word whose definition you want, wait a second or two. A box will appear with the definition of the word, a usage example, and a direct link to the word in Wikipedia.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

To Each Other?

Bill of Divorcement, A
(1932)
A recovered madman learns his ex-wife and daughter are about to marry.
Cast: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke. Dir: George Cukor. BW-70 mins, TV-PG

(Movie description from the Turner Classic Movies website)

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Huh?

Whatta ya mean by that? Another example of the casual misuse of language ...

'Pat Tillman’s situation was similar to mine but completely different,' Lynch told Newsweek.com. “He didn’t have the opportunity to come home and tell the truth and set the record straight like I did.”

New Details on Making of Jessica Lynch Myth - Newsweek The War in Iraq - MSNBC.com: