OldSchoolChamp wrote:Actually, one of my peeves is editors who always reflexively shorten whether or not to just one word. The longer form is not always wrong; it means “no matter whether.” I could check the weather forecast to see whether to take my umbrella with me tomorrow, but I think I’ll just play it safe and bring it anyway, whether there’s rain in the forecast or not.
The lyrics to "Something Good" from The Sound of Music provide a good illustration: . . . somewhere in my wicked, miserable past
There must have been a moment of truth
For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
El Jefe wrote:Johnny Gilbert? Heck, he thinks some guy named Alex /TREE-beck/ hosts...
I have never heard him pronounce it that way.
You'd think that Alex Trebek would have enough clout to ensure that his name be pronounced correctly by the announcer.
Brian
You also might think that being the most powerful person in the White House (2000-2008) would guarantee people pronounced your name the way you and your family do. Alas...
El Jefe wrote:Johnny Gilbert? Heck, he thinks some guy named Alex /TREE-beck/ hosts...
I have never heard him pronounce it that way.
You'd think that Alex Trebek would have enough clout to ensure that his name be pronounced correctly by the announcer.
Brian
You also might think that being the most powerful person in the White House (2000-2008) would guarantee people pronounced your name the way you and your family do. Alas...
seaborgium wrote:Bad grammar aside, I'm perturbed by the writing on the pocket, combining Greek and Roman scripts. And I don't think "agapo" is a word.
I think it is some ignorant person trying to incorporate "alpha and omega" in it, to make the message "God = love". Inconveniently, however, eta ≠ omega.
Google image search reveals the girl on the swing is often used for these types of posts, but there is nothing written on her pocket. I didn't notice it at first.
Sunday (November 2): Headline "November 1st is going to be messy and snowy."
Monday: Present temperature 14; Headline "Double digit temperatures on the way."
Currently: Local forecast overcast with no precipitation. Headline "It's snowing everywhere." (Extra funny in light of the 12 degree current temperature.)
Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
Sunday (November 2): Headline "November 1st is going to be messy and snowy."
Monday: Present temperature 14; Headline "Double digit temperatures on the way."
Currently: Local forecast overcast with no precipitation. Headline "It's snowing everywhere." (Extra funny in light of the 12 degree current temperature.)
Sunday (November 2): Headline "November 1st is going to be messy and snowy."
Monday: Present temperature 14; Headline "Double digit temperatures on the way."
Currently: Local forecast overcast with no precipitation. Headline "It's snowing everywhere." (Extra funny in light of the 12 degree current temperature.)
Brian
They obviously didn't set their clock back. (Actually I think "set it too much back" works better)
"Jeopardy! is two parts luck and one part luck" - Me
"The way to win on Jeopardy is to be a rabidly curious, information-omnivorous person your entire life." - Ken Jennings
Lampy wrote:I heard "mute point" today, but really "moot point" doesn't mean what most people think it means anyway so I don't know how I am supposed to feel.