From Salon: Your words matter -New science shows brains are wired to respond to certain kinds of speech. This was revealing.
Cursed Cursive. As I told GayProf, “First marking period, third grade, I actually DID receive a D in handwriting; I was careful enough thereafter to get it up to a C.”
This seemingly mundane correction from Canada’s Hamilton Spectator:
“In the June 16 edition, the name of Hamilton waterfront restaurant Sarcoa was misspelled. The Spectator regrets the error.
“No, it’s not great for a new restaurant to have its name misspelled in the local paper. But even worse is the mistaken name offered by the paper.”
I wonder if automatic spellcheck is to blame.
The “word” on Richard Dawson, who has died at the age of 79, is that he set out to be Peter Sellers or Jack Lemmon and was frustrated that he wound up being Bill Cullen. But this is a lovely story.
Dustbury’s #OccupyGrammar – Word Up
*Arthur sometimes has trouble Finding the Words. Then again, I don’t always know HWAT he’s saying.
*Mark Evanier tells The Olaf Story, and also notes that “Forever” Doesn’t Mean Forever
A couple songs, both from groups with a member who has died recently:
The Bee Gees- Words (Robin Gibb) and The Monkees – Words (Davy Jones)
