-
-
Recent Posts
Most Popular Posts
Blogs for Writers
Friends who blog
Other Favorites
Tag Archives: language
Language has passed me by.
I used to pride myself on being a language nerd, but that changed this week. First I discovered coordinate adjectives. My understanding had been that separating adjectives with commas was always incorrect. Not so! “Coordinate adjectives,” that is adjectives that … Continue reading
Mondegreens and Eggcorns
Today I came across the Wikipedia entry for “eggcorn,” a recently-coined linguistic term that describes one of my ultimate pet peaves. I know I should be forgiving, but to my mind few things make a person seem stupid than the … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Writing
Tagged eggcorn, language, linguistics, malapropism, stupidity, terms
Leave a comment