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.).

A Curiously Unmodified Railroad

Posted on 15 June 2020 by Isabel Gibson

An exasperated rant inspired by superfluous non-necessities. Continue reading →

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VIXen

Posted on 27 April 2020 by Isabel Gibson

Live and learn. And dance. Continue reading →

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Dear Sir and/or Hey Bub

Posted on 17 April 2020 by Isabel Gibson

They just keep getting smarter. Continue reading →

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Shh! The Sh Is Real

Posted on 16 April 2020 by Isabel Gibson

A different kind of contagion. Continue reading →

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There Was That Time

Posted on 31 March 2020 by Isabel Gibson

Running out of good material? Continue reading →

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We Have No Palindromes Today

Posted on 20 February 2020 by Isabel Gibson

But it’s a fine-looking date nonetheless. Continue reading →

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What’s Next?

Posted on 12 November 2019 by Isabel Gibson

A romp through my spam folder. Continue reading →

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Grape Raisins

Posted on 28 July 2019 by Isabel Gibson

In which I consider what *really* matters. Continue reading →

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Humour in Labelling – Part 2

Posted on 01 June 2019 by Isabel Gibson

Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence . . . Continue reading →

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