Archive for April 14th, 2007
Ban those who would ban the clotheslines
slack woman| 3 Comments »Tell me. Who was it that came up with the idea of banning clotheslines in subdivisions, anyway? Did this person possess an aesthetic qualification to deem clotheslines unsightly?
Or was this person simply afraid of the extra work and time it takes to hang clothes out in the fresh air? Perhaps this enemy of the clothesline […]
An “eggcorn” is born
eggcorns| 6 Comments »Pop quiz: What is an eggcorn? A misspelling? Or a word that defines the way our language evolves. Well, if you said both, you’d be right.
Eggcorn is indeed a mispelling of acorn, the thing that falls off a tree. Over the years, it has been misheard, mistaken and misspelled as eggcorn.
But is this so wrong? […]
