Comments on: Niche Blogs: The English Language

By: Janellionaire

Janellionaire — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:54:51 +0000

What about PassiveAgressiveNotes.com? I love that blog.

By: Y

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:28:32 +0000

Thanks for this, the sites are brilliant.

Also try http://writebadlywell.blogspot.com :)

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:08:55 +0000

I’m so glad to find out I’m not the only one who is horrified at the way English is abused these days.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:12:53 +0000

On the baseball item, I must nitpick. Being banned for life is, in fact, different from being banned forever insofar as bans can be lifted posthumously. For example, Chicago White Sox player Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned for life, but there continues a movement to get Major League Baseball to reinstate him so he can be elected to the Hall of Fame. If the movement succeeds, his ban would have lasted his lifetime, but not forever.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:30:34 +0000

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! That food stamp sign is on Washington Street in Boston! I pass it every Wednesday on the Silver Line bus. A co-worker and I have both taken pictures of it; I wonder if he uploaded it to the blog? Too funny.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:14:33 +0000

I saw Sean’s Painting “Doing it right the first time” the other day… Guess that means Sean’s Painting will have to come back…

By: Helenann

Helenann — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:08:23 +0000

*sigh*
Oh…I just lost the whole weekend…but strictly for educational purposes, no? I mean, these will be used in the classroom, so I shouldn’t feel guilty! :)
Thank you, thank you, thaaaaaaank you.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:42:23 +0000

I went to the University of St Andrews for grad school and they take punctuation very seriously. They spent part of our orientation explaining that there is no period after “St” and no apostrophe in “Andrews.” So seeing coverage of the British Open with “St. Andrew’s” was a bit painful.

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:10:21 +0000

Suprised that my favorite, Engrish.com, isn’t mentioned…

I’m going to have to check all of these out though!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:22:36 +0000

colin, I think I “know” what you “mean”.