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.).

But First

Posted on 05 January 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Another rant on design/communication styles that disrespect the customer, from airport layouts to proposal writing and beyond, into our own conversational or (gasp) writing style. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , | 8 Comments

An Advent Gift

Posted on 02 December 2023 by Isabel Gibson

A useful new word. Will there be more such gifts from the world this Advent season? We’ll see. Continue reading →

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

A Slightly Improved Life

Posted on 18 November 2023 by Isabel Gibson

It’s all good (but it can be better). Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Relationships and Behaviour | Tagged , | 12 Comments

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