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.).

All Too Too

Posted on 10 December 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Say it once once, dagnab it. Continue reading →

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Distracted Again

Posted on 20 November 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Another linguistic ponderable. Continue reading →

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One Right Way

Posted on 04 November 2022 by Isabel Gibson

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

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A Cleaner Canvas

Posted on 29 October 2022 by Isabel Gibson

The art of architecture and of cooking. Continue reading →

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Not One Thing

Posted on 28 August 2022 by Isabel Gibson

It’s not just attitude advice. Continue reading →

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Punny, yes, but funny?

Posted on 09 April 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Familiarity breeds no laughs. Continue reading →

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This Dang Place

Posted on 13 March 2022 by Isabel Gibson

What’s beyond the green door? Don’t go there. Continue reading →

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Sharing Size

Posted on 24 February 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Stay alert. The marketeers are loose again. Continue reading →

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Look Again

Posted on 15 January 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Three bridges and a snowy egret along a body of water. And a fine point of grammar, specified if not clarified. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments