Category Archives: Language and Communication

Playing with, and ranting about, language: miscommunication, badly worded signs and questions, and changing usage (Anyone heard from “take” lately? Didn’t think so.).

Peaches No Ice

Posted on 10 May 2025 by Isabel Gibson

An unexpected challenge in hospital food. Continue reading →

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Nuts!

Posted on 14 March 2025 by Isabel Gibson

No wonder English is so hard to learn. Continue reading →

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218 Frogs

Posted on 25 January 2025 by Isabel Gibson

Always take your wheelbarrow with you. Continue reading →

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The Gamut Gambit

Posted on 22 November 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Dagnabbed sound-alikes. Who planned this language? Continue reading →

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Vow Wulls

Posted on 16 November 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Like Topsy, the language she just growed. Continue reading →

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Ya Gotta Talk the Talk

Posted on 26 October 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Trying to stay up to date, idiom-wise. Continue reading →

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Bill

Posted on 19 October 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Read you loud and clear? If only. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 17 Comments

Togod

Posted on 07 August 2024 by Isabel Gibson

We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when . . but for now I’ll say goodbye. Continue reading →

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Napples and Naranjas

Posted on 05 July 2024 by Isabel Gibson

How does anyone learn to speak or read and write this language? Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 4 Comments