tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3679829033787809026..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Saturday morning Sheba and/or Nina picturemr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41789642646298160352010-09-02T07:47:22.640-07:002010-09-02T07:47:22.640-07:00I loved the word discussion. Always one of my fav...I loved the word discussion. Always one of my favorites - and I have several dozen dictionaries, probably many older than Ginny's.<br /><br />I hadn't heard "intensive purposes" either but it's funny. I guess "intents and purposes" could become that. Makes me think of all the phrases that "Tin roof rusted" seemed to be.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953459540634785074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-21620730329573920112010-08-28T22:12:54.387-07:002010-08-28T22:12:54.387-07:00I think the phrase is "For all intents and pu...I think the phrase is "For all intents and purposes" if it was written correctly. Somebody heard it wrong. You know ... like hearing the incorrect words of a song.Nancy in Sun Lakes AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208110664899569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-34712536598528225652010-08-28T20:20:46.678-07:002010-08-28T20:20:46.678-07:00I enjoyed your word play, too. I love etymology (t...I enjoyed your word play, too. I love etymology (the mash-up of Latin and Germanic origins is fascinating! Even though I can't spell! Or maybe especially because I can't spell??? Anyway, knowing a little about etymology helps with my botany knowledge.)<br /><br />For kicks, look up the word "mischievous". Now look really carefully at how it's pronounced. People (including Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340875552393770649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70088517143537989582010-08-28T18:38:11.619-07:002010-08-28T18:38:11.619-07:00Ginny Burton:
Well, in point of fact, I do want t...Ginny Burton:<br /><br />Well, in point of fact, I do want to be told if I've made a mistake, and you pointed it out very nicely. That it turned out that I hadn't exactly made a mistake (I had, but not the one you pointed out) doesn't mean you shouldn't still have said something. But it's fine: you learned something, I learned something, I got to talk about words, other mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26105504081480600172010-08-28T17:45:02.757-07:002010-08-28T17:45:02.757-07:00Okay, I'm back from work and have the time wri...Okay, I'm back from work and have the time write my abject apologies for my bad manners. I have absolutely no defense for my gall in correcting the author of such a delightful blog. It's hard to remember sometimes that I am not Queen of the World. I'm really sorry and certainly deserved a smack upside the head instead of the thoughtful reply from my gracious host. I am really and Ginny Burtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-57670821348231376772010-08-28T16:52:30.707-07:002010-08-28T16:52:30.707-07:00Glad to hear Sheba behaved well at the vet's o...Glad to hear Sheba behaved well at the vet's office. Can't blame her for growling ;-) About the breeds she comes from. Coat color genetics can do 'weird' things to the eye. I know a mix Yellow Labrador x Rodhesian Ridgeback which has the golden brindle coat from a Dutch shepherd. <br /><br />Don't feel bad about the ________ :-) Language is evolving all the time. I didn't Blueszznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-23230060574375743082010-08-28T13:29:27.177-07:002010-08-28T13:29:27.177-07:00...almost forgot, glad to here that Sheba's tr......almost forgot, glad to here that Sheba's trip to the vet was all good news. She looks like she's enjoying the news and the weather...Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157968454131571365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-25796164426268351342010-08-28T13:25:17.257-07:002010-08-28T13:25:17.257-07:00Love American English: messy, confusing, constantl...Love American English: messy, confusing, constantly evolving. Even when ex-presidents and ex-governors make me wince and think that nobody could write lines like that, it can still sing (and probably get turned into a musical).<br /><br />I wonder if preventative is becoming a substitute for prophylactic, a word that now seems to be used mostly when discussing STDs and birth control.<br /><br /Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157968454131571365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-69793567806951098842010-08-28T12:44:29.594-07:002010-08-28T12:44:29.594-07:00Karen715:
Well, I have the same impulses myself, ...Karen715:<br /><br />Well, I have the same impulses myself, and in fact hadn't considered the word very carefully when I typed it, so . . . you know. <br /><br />happyporgus:<br /><br />Not definitively. The shelter speculated that she was a lab / German shepherd mix, since she has the ears of one and the coloration of the other, and she definitely has the behaviors of both (likes to fetch, <mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-6610297219296669222010-08-28T11:49:59.729-07:002010-08-28T11:49:59.729-07:00Oh god. I'm not only chastised, I'm eatin...Oh god. I'm not only chastised, I'm eating the can of worms!<br /><br />I may be too ashamed ever to post again. <br /><br />Goodbye, cruel world!Ginny Burtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61257019482431780732010-08-28T11:43:12.221-07:002010-08-28T11:43:12.221-07:00She's cute. Do you know what breed of dog she ...She's cute. Do you know what breed of dog she is? Lab/something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-51365448098602290492010-08-28T11:28:11.772-07:002010-08-28T11:28:11.772-07:00Sheba looks adorable.
Mr. Subjunctive, you handle...Sheba looks adorable.<br /><br />Mr. Subjunctive, you handled the "there's no such word" thing much more graciously than I would have. My response would probably have been two short words of unambiguous meaning.Karen715https://www.blogger.com/profile/15979479537943300181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-35219043442284052932010-08-28T11:20:42.007-07:002010-08-28T11:20:42.007-07:00Liza:
I'm sure it was an accident.Liza:<br /><br />I'm sure it was an accident.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-34144806412139411742010-08-28T11:03:45.207-07:002010-08-28T11:03:45.207-07:00Way to open the worms, Ginny.Way to open the worms, Ginny.Lizahttp://goodtogrow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-47099620677394836782010-08-28T08:39:01.133-07:002010-08-28T08:39:01.133-07:00I think we have grammar nazis posting:) As a teach...I think we have grammar nazis posting:) As a teacher, I love those debates....but about your puppy...adorable:)Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39066164971610762612010-08-28T07:40:42.737-07:002010-08-28T07:40:42.737-07:00(continued)
I actually have the same response, in...(continued)<br /><br />I actually have the same response, in general, to the "_________ isn't a word" argument that the people who make that argument have to words like "irregardless" and "incentivize," which is why you're getting the stern lecture. (Though I'm not in fact particularly upset, and this whole comment has more to do with it being fun for me mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-24994961742037929642010-08-28T07:39:52.840-07:002010-08-28T07:39:52.840-07:00Ginny Burton:
Oh really? You should tell the dict...Ginny Burton:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=NMM&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22preventative%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=" rel="nofollow">Oh really?</a> You should tell the dictionary.<br /><br />It may be an unnecessary word, it may be an ugly word, but it's a word, and it even <a href="mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63108073701612728282010-08-28T06:37:42.280-07:002010-08-28T06:37:42.280-07:00Aw, I knew you'd be a good dog Dad! Wait, Mom?...Aw, I knew you'd be a good dog Dad! Wait, Mom?Lizahttp://goodtogrow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-10318711132724228932010-08-28T03:22:54.472-07:002010-08-28T03:22:54.472-07:00Please don't think I'm a jerk, but there&#...Please don't think I'm a jerk, but there's no such word as "preventative." It was probably just a typo as your fingers were flying across the keyboard.Ginny Burtonhttp://www.burtonoptician.com/noreply@blogger.com