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.).

Why We YELL

Posted on 11 June 2021 by Isabel Gibson

Leading by example: What a concept. Continue reading →

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Oh, Happy Day

Posted on 09 May 2021 by Isabel Gibson

Happy Something Day Continue reading →

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It’s the Principale of the Thing

Posted on 05 May 2021 by Isabel Gibson

What’s not to like? Continue reading →

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Who Writes This Stuff?

Posted on 25 April 2021 by Isabel Gibson

The advertising geniuses strike again. Continue reading →

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To Eat, Perchance to Dine

Posted on 05 April 2021 by Isabel Gibson

The collision of language, citizenship, and politics. Continue reading →

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Advertising

Posted on 04 April 2021 by Isabel Gibson

At least there are no statistics involved. Continue reading →

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As Astounding

Posted on 18 March 2021 by Isabel Gibson

Surely no human reviewer would flag this comment as spam. Continue reading →

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Wring? Sprinter?

Posted on 14 March 2021 by Isabel Gibson

I thought I might try my hand at haiku. Here’s the first. Continue reading →

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Life Lesson in Fussiness

Posted on 13 March 2021 by Isabel Gibson

It is, perhaps, unwise to be fussy about something I’m bad at. Continue reading →

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