Gifted Typist

Past posts on banned words (31) An affliction that affects 4 out of 5 Nova Scotia politicians living on the provincial and municipal taxpayer. Symptoms include loss of judgement, blurry vision and absence of backbone. Sufferers may show signs of blindness to problems facing Nova Scotia, lack of inspiration, inability to grasp new opportunities, obsession [...]

Past posts on banned words (31) Like most ill-conceived, thoughtless and dare we say stupid enterprises, the Delusional Calgaria campaign by Rodney MacDonald’s Nova Scotia government is floundering. Yesterday, they dropped the word “delusional” after complaints that the campaign trivializes mental health issues. (Thanks to deepti for alerting GT to this.) Now the disease of [...]

The typist has packed up the old typewriter and moved to a new stenopool. The new Gifted Typist has been up and running for about a month now, but it’s been in “beta” which is just a geeky word for “I haven’t worked it all out yet.” The blog is now hosted on its own [...]

 7 comments     Labels: banned words Why can’t we just call a bomb a bomb? Sure, there are different types of bombs. There are big bombs, little bombs, fertilizer bombs, smart bombs, pipe bombs, incendiary bombs, doodlebug bombs, cluster bombs, nail bombs, roadside bombs and bath bombs. IED is military nomenclature for “improvised explosive [...]

Past posts on quotes (24) Most transvestites are just regular guys, who occasionally like to eat, drink and be Mary -Joe Joseph ( Couldn’t find anything on JJ. All I know is that he is British. Anyone have any further info?)

Slacker answers her FAQs this week. Read here for answers to these and other questions: 1. Where do you stand on the organization Slobs without Borders? 2. Have you conquered your dust bunny problem? 3. What is your position on the male Speedo? 4. Do your beastly felines appreciate unreservedly everything you’ve done for them?

 6 comments from giftedtypist.blogspot.com Due to a combination of circumstances, this typist went AWOL yesterday. This blog and its readers were completely ignored for the entire day with no explanation until now. Early yesterday morning, one of the young typists was rushed to hospital with a mysterious and potentially serious condition. There were tests on [...]

SWF* is a standard lingo in the world of personal ads IMglish, but personal ads are swimming in IMglishisms, some of which you may know, others you may not. It’s important to understand this special IMglish dialect lest you don’t find what you’re looking for, or worse, you end up with something you weren’t looking [...]

Not from the gymnasium, from the fiddle or from the step-dancing floor, but Rodney MacDonald should be banned from the playground of provincial politics. This morning we had an episode of Rodney’s Believe it or Not! featuring our premier on radio answering yet more questions on another cabinet minister’s brush with police. Has our young [...]

I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police. -Keith Richards, British musician

For a brief moment last year, we thought there might be hope for the Back-to-Clutter Movement. Articles appeared in the newspaper talking about the importance of scattering personal things around the house. They even mentioned the C-word: Clutter! Finally, there was light at the end of the neat-tidy-sterile tunnel of home decorating. But alas the [...]

Here are more bad trannies. Perhaps “trannies” is an ambiguous choice of word implying a man dressed as a woman. Maybe it is a bad translation for the word translation, but alas it has entered my wordscape and will not go away. On a menu of a Polish hotel: Salad a firm’s own make; limpid [...]

Because enough is enough! Yes, Nova Scotia has a black eye after the Commonwealth bid failure. Yes, the political leadership here is spectacularly uninspired. Yes, the Commonwealth bid committee sold a bill of goods when they got us into the bid by saying the games would cost $500 million when in fact the number was [...]