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.).

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Posted on 20 March 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Let’s not even get into the odd spacing and extra spaces. Continue reading →

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Nothing to See Here, Honest

Posted on 10 March 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Hidden patterns; obscure motives. Continue reading →

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Naught-for-Profit

Posted on 10 February 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Was’t all for naught? Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 8 Comments

Patrick Henry and Me

Posted on 27 January 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Another skirmish in the spelling wars. Continue reading →

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Except the Unexpected

Posted on 05 January 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Where’s a copy editor when you need one? Continue reading →

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Runtogetherwords

Posted on 29 November 2018 by Isabel Gibson

Runningwithscissorswithwords. Continue reading →

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They Can’t Trick Me

Posted on 03 November 2018 by Isabel Gibson

Now if only customers would read the stuff we send them . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Thinking Broadly, Wired | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Paid Already for the Confusion

Posted on 30 September 2018 by Isabel Gibson

A conversational partner irritatingly addicted to finishing my sentences. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired | Tagged , | 20 Comments

Do or Do Not

Posted on 07 September 2018 by Isabel Gibson

Clarity is king. The king is dead. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 6 Comments