tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post6772978090944099374..comments2024-03-29T06:33:51.432-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Stupid Leaders: Poland Ed.Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-12602970502665221282021-03-31T12:25:24.197-04:002021-03-31T12:25:24.197-04:00Oops! Make that synonym and not homophone (homonym...Oops! Make that synonym and not homophone (homonym):<br />Definition of synonym<br />1: one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses.<br /><br />hom•o•phone hŏm′ə-fōn″, hō′mə-►<br />n. One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.<br /><br />Even us ex English majors (Major Blimp) can FUBAR. Disclaimer: my AA degree was from Sacramento Junior College, 1976, so take whatever I proclaim with 100 g NaCl.<br />Oddly, NaCl contains lots more Cl than Na. So why isn't it called Cloride Sodium? Chemists out there?Tod Germanicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036673218365709139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-65414531271062889912021-03-31T11:42:29.871-04:002021-03-31T11:42:29.871-04:00LRod, the English language has no official institu...LRod, the English language has no official institute of usage prescribing or prohibiting words. If a word is used by enough English speakers ('rightly' or 'wrongly') publishers put it in the dictionary. And if a word changes it meaning over time it's fruitless to kick against the pricks. English words are invented and words change their meanings over time. This is normal and we must stay cognizant of word usage through time and adjust. Or, do what I do, retire the word and find a replacement word, we've got lots of homophones (FKA homonyms). Like I do for 'decimated' and 'folks', confusing or tainted by Nazis. Boomer (-;Tod Germanicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036673218365709139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-87907560658898757132021-03-31T02:00:41.457-04:002021-03-31T02:00:41.457-04:00"irregardless"
Oof!
Without without reg..."irregardless"<br />Oof!<br /><br />Without without regard. Not a word.<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired<br />LRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-68637925159948773342021-03-30T15:46:27.487-04:002021-03-30T15:46:27.487-04:00Wasn't that long ago people would denigrate th...Wasn't that long ago people would denigrate those who would remind us of our history of support for Hitler, that attempts were made to overthrow the FDR administration and replace it with one more fascistic, all financed by the leading lights of the time, the Bush, the Kennedys, Rockerfellers and Rodhams. Or that our science, our teaching methodology and above all else our media is firmly rooted in nineteen-thirties Germany. Or for that matter most serious scholars agree Hitler's Politics of Free Space (breathing, living) resoundingly applauds our solution to the "Indian Problem", and his "reich" firmly rooted in the Klu Klux Klan, in Reconstruction, and the War of Treason in Defense of Slavery.<br /><br />Was even some kind of funk-assed Internet rule about it ... MickyD's Law, I don't remember.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-19796638351005533952021-03-30T15:24:32.137-04:002021-03-30T15:24:32.137-04:00 Hungary has also retained the trappings of democr... Hungary has also retained the trappings of democracy while sliding into full on authoritarianism, and the scary part is that they did it the same way the goddamn Republicans are trying to do it here. <br /><br /> -Doug in Sugar Pinedinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-25488514249827438392021-03-30T14:13:35.015-04:002021-03-30T14:13:35.015-04:00"The Former Guy", the Biden team name fo..."The Former Guy", the Biden team name for Trump.<br /><br />But "That Fucking Guy" also works, and may be more accurate, as well as more satisfying to say.re the paragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988373870598859833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-66016944987468347352021-03-30T13:34:43.354-04:002021-03-30T13:34:43.354-04:00What does TGF stand for I don't get it?What does TGF stand for I don't get it?Daveflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509938133202878459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-14845702032718290322021-03-30T12:58:23.508-04:002021-03-30T12:58:23.508-04:00"We have an entire political party" ...O..."We have an entire political party" ...Oh, you mean the party of Jeff Davis! And Forrest and....Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.com