My due date buddy sent me this quiz. Mostly I think of this pass along e-mail junk unfavorably, but I have a soft spot in my heart for linguistics.
After all, I spent all those years in broadcasting school getting rid of my Youngstowner accent.
And my best friend is a language lab director.
And my husband and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘language’
60% Dixie
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged junk email, language, language quiz on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“a blow in da mouff”
Posted in Eleanor, tagged Easter Eggs, language on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eleanor is having a high time over there right now with her new whistle. We practiced Easter Egg hunting today at playgroup. Elly did very well. She got 8 or so of the little eggs that were hidden covertly in plain sight. One had a whistle.
I’m regretting now teaching her how to blow the thing. [...]
While we are defining our terms…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged language on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Heather Here, digging through some thick vocabulary issues, has been straightening out those who seem to speak from the bottom of the literary barrel. I wanted to chime in, not so much with a correction, but a language oddity.
Fat chance.
It’s one of my favorite expressions. My husband pointed out to me the other [...]
