Once again I would like to express my “love” of the English language with another stumbling block of mine. For starters, a little background, I am a self diagnosed dyslectic. I do not think it is too severe. I have been able to find adequate workarounds, at least for the most part, I still struggle with spelling [...]
Words
Rain, Rein, Reign
It has been a while since I have wrote about the horrors of the english language. However I was inspired by a recent post on one of my favorite blogs, Stuff White People Like. Some more homonyms I hate are rain, rein and reign. The first one is easy. Rain is easy to picture. The problem [...]
Conservative and Liberal, two words that should not be used.
There are many things I find unhelpful in American political discourse. At the top of this list: the rampant overuse of two labels that are so ambiguous it hurts my head when I think about it. This is a very long post, it is something that has been on my mind for a long time, [...]
Sagacity and Profundity
More good words, in fact words so good, that if used correctly, will add sagacity and profundity to nearly any conversation.