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.).

The Gamut Gambit

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

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Vow Wulls

Like Topsy, the language she just growed. Continue reading

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Ya Gotta Talk the Talk

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

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Bill

Read you loud and clear? If only. Continue reading

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Togod

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

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

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Great for Grignotage

Which is weirder: taglines or different languages? Continue reading

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You Can Use a Letter Again

Life isn’t always a highway; sometimes it’s a word game. Continue reading

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As We Say These Days

This week? Tips for all the iced-coffee lovers out there. And all those advising us to speak our truth. Continue reading

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