tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post4195031193635000554..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Losing Our EssesMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-70997220546237119872020-12-15T12:05:22.915-08:002020-12-15T12:05:22.915-08:00Oh golly, you reminded me of the person I know who...Oh golly, you reminded me of the person I know who swore the local Vortex was real, and we smirked and told her how they were sprinkled all over the US, and she said "Well it could be there's something linking all of those spots together," and Dave said "Yeah--Route 66."Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41235519396196491062020-12-14T07:33:09.124-08:002020-12-14T07:33:09.124-08:00In July Merriam-Webster accepted irregardless and ...In July Merriam-Webster accepted irregardless and added it to the dictionary, much to the chagrin of many. 2020....Mikibirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455623057801607734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18085946163989072352020-12-13T21:19:09.349-08:002020-12-13T21:19:09.349-08:00You bet your oss it does.You bet your oss it does.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66752945442031881312020-12-13T21:18:46.219-08:002020-12-13T21:18:46.219-08:00If only they WERE still useful. My ears hurt, too ...If only they WERE still useful. My ears hurt, too when someone speaks of LESS people. So now on two counts I’ve shown my age, and I’m older than dirt. Supersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833468995232469029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12518965461095705292020-12-13T17:25:18.558-08:002020-12-13T17:25:18.558-08:00"Osprey" comes from avis praedae, "..."Osprey" comes from avis praedae, "bird of prey," so the plural of course is "ossprey," which sounds a lot like osprey if you're not listening closely.<br />Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45034229440315963932020-12-13T10:37:55.642-08:002020-12-13T10:37:55.642-08:00Say what?Say what?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-860042041292968162020-12-13T10:33:53.036-08:002020-12-13T10:33:53.036-08:00I would LOVE to cheer on the Beaver Beavers! I'...I would LOVE to cheer on the Beaver Beavers! I'd be a Beaver Beaver Believer!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64373040995446413202020-12-13T10:33:05.359-08:002020-12-13T10:33:05.359-08:00Maybe someone should be appointed to administrate....Maybe someone should be appointed to administrate.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21269322520713572312020-12-13T10:30:55.820-08:002020-12-13T10:30:55.820-08:00But "paramutations" are real! They only ...But "paramutations" are real! They only happen during a full moon.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50712311877334152072020-12-13T09:11:45.758-08:002020-12-13T09:11:45.758-08:00OctopiOctopiBruce Mohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170656188990284530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18775016938470048682020-12-13T03:07:53.988-08:002020-12-13T03:07:53.988-08:00Out in Sedona there are these spots where the eart...Out in Sedona there are these spots where the earth’s energy is said to concentrate and swirl and do amazing things to your insides. One such place is called a vortex. Woe be to the Easterner who dances into town, seeking energy repair, and knowing a little Latin, who refers to the sites as “vortices.” Sedonans call them all “vortexes” and that’s that. Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10484988747406296482020-12-13T01:12:06.898-08:002020-12-13T01:12:06.898-08:00That's not educated, just pretentious.That's not educated, just pretentious.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81016155697808834342020-12-12T22:25:06.737-08:002020-12-12T22:25:06.737-08:00Yes, my sweetie used to use "irregardless&quo...Yes, my sweetie used to use "irregardless" quite a lot, as well as "paramutations" in place of permutations. I withstood it as long as I was able, and then corrected him in private. He listened, and has not used either term for the last three decades or so. sculptor1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01342942066482312114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73417276295937575292020-12-12T19:59:27.751-08:002020-12-12T19:59:27.751-08:00Perhaps "Buffalo Bisons" came from the D...Perhaps "Buffalo Bisons" came from the Department of Redundancy Department along with such horrors as "chai tea." On the other hand, I dare say that if Beaver, in Tillamook County, Oregon had a team and a local tycoon named it the Beaver Beavers, that would be worse. When I found that the NYTimes style manual was insisting on pluralizing "millennium" as "Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74676484840421003902020-12-12T19:58:18.782-08:002020-12-12T19:58:18.782-08:00There very short sited. There very short sited. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795324336116508729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68693400138967875832020-12-12T19:56:14.479-08:002020-12-12T19:56:14.479-08:00Word butchers! The possessive and plural apostroph...Word butchers! The possessive and plural apostrophe criminals abound. Some of the worst writers in the world are physicians and researchers, whose medical journal reports end up conveying almost exactly the opposite impression they intend, and if you do not understand the disease/disorder and its technical aspects your patient may well be misdiagnosed and/or mismanaged. <br /><br />And what pray Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795324336116508729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80553290532984710012020-12-12T19:55:57.369-08:002020-12-12T19:55:57.369-08:00You must be in California.You must be in California.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52500980920990918862020-12-12T19:55:05.147-08:002020-12-12T19:55:05.147-08:00Now I will always see "buggery" in a new...Now I will always see "buggery" in a new way.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77699534923040462020-12-12T19:54:18.162-08:002020-12-12T19:54:18.162-08:00It don't bother me...It don't bother me...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74072043259897633472020-12-12T19:53:58.832-08:002020-12-12T19:53:58.832-08:00Someone's failing to see something.Someone's failing to see something.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26528741786461710812020-12-12T19:53:25.735-08:002020-12-12T19:53:25.735-08:00By me, as well.By me, as well.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4951383042213375122020-12-12T19:53:17.670-08:002020-12-12T19:53:17.670-08:00I'm so confused...I'm so confused...carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00235999523036122356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-82696551828183343552020-12-12T19:53:01.995-08:002020-12-12T19:53:01.995-08:00I was told that someone calls agapanthus "ang...I was told that someone calls agapanthus "angry panthers" which is one way to deal with the problem of the plural. I have found no way to deal with them that doesn't involve a shovel or a nasty herbicide.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64280706291272508622020-12-12T19:44:34.953-08:002020-12-12T19:44:34.953-08:00I'm with you, as always.I'm with you, as always.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22140934501247784382020-12-12T19:44:09.382-08:002020-12-12T19:44:09.382-08:00The weird aspect of this particular persnicket is ...The weird aspect of this particular persnicket is that it's the educated people who think the plural of iris is iris.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com