The Dictionary of American Diction No. 13

 

 

 

 

  • I think that implains to a lot of different situations.
  • This is for the hearing disimpaired.  (What? Disimpaired isn't a word!)  When you're disabled because your hearing is impared?  Disimpaired.
  • Shake the blues from your'e soul!  (huh? Don't you mean sole?)
  • That's what I'm aspiring for. 
  • Conversation with a 6 year old: That's just a recordance of a tiger growling.  (Me: A "recordance"?) Yes, someone recorded it, it's not real, it's just a recordance.
  • "The plane diverted to Maine and met by federal agents at Bangor International "Airport around 3 p.m. EDT, Melendez said." (Leslie Miller, AP 9/22/04, after watching the latest School House Rock short, "Helping Verbs -- Who Needs 'Em?")
  • It would be great to have a job with a company of your multitude.
  • "...companies may hire that peticular skill in your service area."
  • I can't even get through one sentence without a grammical error. 
  • "In his first term, some of Bush's judicial appointees ignited a partisan fire keg..."  (What's a fire keg?  CNN.com, 11/5/04)

 

 

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