Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

October 28, 2011

Bonus (not Added, Just Bonus) Post: Grammar Alert!

As a matter of fact (not actual fact, just fact) I really could care less about this. A WHOLE LOT less. I am one of those nerds who would rather chew aluminum foil than listen to someone use the non-word* 'irregardless'.

You Sound Ridiculous: 7 Misused Expressions

I feel better now.

And you should watch this:



Although I gotta say, I kind of like the idea of an inflatable hover-fort.




* I am SO HAPPY to have a word for something that is not a word, even if it resembles one (in the strictest sense).

September 04, 2008

On Behalf of Smart Women Everywhere...

I went to the grocery store today, and while checking out I was addressed by a somewhat odd individual who had also been "checking out". He commented enthusiastically on my shirt, asking if I was an English teacher, nodding about how true it was and why couldn't more people see it, and finally going in for a high-five.

On the way to my car as I chuckled a little about the varieties of human personality, it finally occurred to me that it was fairly disconcerting to realize a guy had actually been staring at my chest. Maybe it hasn't happened enough for me to get used to it, maybe this was the first time ever - or maybe the shirt is even cooler than I had originally thought.

Who knows?