A Walk in the Words

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Blog Name:	A Walk in the Words
Url:	http://www.walkinthewords.blogspot.com
Language:	English
Topics:	linguistics, language, humor
Description:	A linguistic tour for people who love having fun with words and language. A place to share interesting linguistic observations regarding sound, meaning and structure. A place to share linguistic rants and raves. A place to walk in the words.
Popularity:	65 Followers

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From UofA

Fun with Phrases - Mixing Minced Oaths

During my youth, both "Geez Louise" and "For Pete's sake" were commonly used minced oaths in my family.Here is my spin on the two:Geez Louise + For Pete's sake

Make No Exception for Incorrect Spelling

I could coment about the odd mixture of upper and lower case letters on this sign, or about the overuse of exclamation points, but what really jumps out at me is the incorrect spelling of the word ...

Linguistics Quotation Favorites - Words

"The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouth they've been in."-Dennis PotterBritish Dramatist

Crash Blossoms, Bears, and Drinking Rockets

After reading yesterday's post about crash blossoms, reader JCR shared a link to this picture from photographer Larry Blackwood."I sat next to this dumpster for the longest time, never saw a single...

Blossoms Crash on Garden Path Resulting in Conflicting Trees

Garden path sentences are those that lead a reader down a path to an incorrect semantic and/or syntactic interpretation of the sentence during the initial analysis or parsing of the sentence. The f...

Playing with Liquids - Use Your Manners