Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Monday, May 03, 2010
The Death of Lady Mondegreen
A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase, typically a standardized phrase such as a line in a poem or a lyric in a song, due to near homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
- Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
- Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
More rules here.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The downside of Powerpoint
Sometimes brevity is not the best way to go . . . observe.- Met on battlefield (great)
- Dedicate portion of field - fitting!
- Unfinished work (great tasks)
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