December 2007
The Scottish Football Pundit’s Dictionary, Part 3
Another superb effort by Andy Gray on last night's The Last Word.Whilst discussing Blackburn Rovers striker Roque Santa Cruz's talents for off-the-ball movement, Gray deployed the following sentence:From time to time, he's always on the move.Would... you... believe it... Richard.
Bibulous
Yesterday's word of the day from dictionary.com was a cracker. I also think it's rather fitting for New Year's Eve.bibulous \BIB-yuh-luhs\, adjective: 1. Of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcoholic drink. 2. Readily absorbing fluids or ...
New’s Agent
New's Agent, originally uploaded by adactio. Submitted via a direct Twitter ...
Grammar Abuse in Signage – Xmas Special
I don't know about you but I'm full; I mean really full. And I'm drunk; I mean really drunk. I've been this way for two days now and I'm not looking forward to the aftermath. The ancient Romans used to gorge themselves like this every week, can you imagine? Of ...
I woder how things like this are allowed to happen
This was taken outside The Cornerhouse, an arthouse cinema adjacent to Manchester’s Oxford Road railway station: If it was my job to slot letters on to marquee signs like this one I’d collect all the letters I need before ascending the ladder, and then ...
Grammar Abuse in signage: part 15
You've probably seen this as everyone in the world reads The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. If you don't, you should. I love to hate everything about this sign: the terrible typefaces; the indented first line; the incorrect tense; ...
Easy Ryder
It's been a while since we picked on theguardian, but I nearly spat out a large piece of wensleydale when I read this whilst eating my dinner (that's the meal around midday).The excerpt comes from an interview with ice hockey-haired one-time benefit-botherer Kym Ryder:...
Washington Post gets slated for poor grammar
I happened upon this blog post from the Washington Post's transportation writer, Dr Gridlock. It is part of the paper's official blog. ...if you see an official looking sign at a bus shelter telling you that you can get a free ride if you're bus is late, it's ...
I’m FYIing this FYI
As a science graduate I'm not a big fan of creationism. I have nothing against religion but I object to creationism being taught as a scientific theory in schools. This is much more of an issue in the US; especially in the mid-west and southern states where, it would appear, ...
That’s a sweet ass-hyphen
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