Stranger in Reading
Oct 25 2008
Reasons why I love Reading 257: innovative mall decorations
This display made me smile and envy the people who constructed it for the obvious fun in both conceiving of the idea and implementing it. Very creative and entertaining. Excellent job. I wonder what their christmas decorations will be like? I will certainly be returning to the Broad Street mall…
4 of your thoughts on braziers all round
Dec 15 2005
Confusion sounds like Confucian
This can produce a phonologically based spelling challenge. No prizes for guessing who’s recently made that Malapropism.
W Most-Often-Miss-Pelt
write the first thought on Phonological Similarity V: Confusion
Nov 17 2005
I typed
Mail instead of Main
within an email
to a male
I chuckled to myself. This possibly isn’t amusing for you unless you are actually on Planet-Wendy* with me. No map available to Planet-Wendy.
”cars ‘eee ain’ begit’n maw carn-tex’
Regional accent outbreak. It means ‘context UNPUBLISHABLE’.
*photograph of Planet-Wendy painting** attached.
** the painting*** actually IS hung on the wall in my garage.
***I’m open to painting purchase offers, make me a bid… ….I promise not to cry…
Wendy still-nesting-footnotes
write the first thought on Phonological similarity meets typed Malaproprism
Nov 16 2005
The online OED as started charging for its servicesMerrirum Webster’s** pesters with pop-ups for free!
Etymology: Mrs. Malaprop, character noted for her misuse of words in R. B. Sheridan’s comedy The Rivals (1775)***
1 : the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase; especially : the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context.
This was a high school English literature class text for me. The whole class read it out loud taking turns to play respective roles. Fun!
write the first thought on Malaproprism* of the week
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