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.).

GoFundMe

Posted on 16 September 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Life is not grammar. Or semantics. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired | Tagged , | 18 Comments

Good Job, Buddy

Posted on 25 June 2023 by Isabel Gibson

She learned something; so did I. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Day-to-Day Encounters, Language and Communication | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Say Wut

Posted on 25 May 2023 by Isabel Gibson

A plea for a reinstatement, not a request for a repeat. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

It’s Official

Posted on 06 May 2023 by Isabel Gibson

I have become my mother. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

Pre, fi, pro, fum

Posted on 22 January 2023 by Isabel Gibson

We do what we can. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 14 Comments

Do Not Follow Not

Posted on 14 January 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Send what you want out into the Universe . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 11 Comments

All Too Too

Posted on 10 December 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Say it once once, dagnab it. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 10 Comments

Distracted Again

Posted on 20 November 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Another linguistic ponderable. Continue reading →

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

One Right Way

Posted on 04 November 2022 by Isabel Gibson

More adventures in Writing-about-Cooking Land. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 15 Comments