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And the moral of M's story is:
There are typos and misspellings galore in the real world -- unless M. pronounces them to be examples of intentional usage, of course.
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I agree with Amy, it's obvious that Ralf made just a typo rather than a 'usage blunder'. No big deal. By the way, the term 'usage blunder' doesn't seem to be very popular.
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...that's because "blunder" is close to "blender" -- a small mistake turns it into "usage blender", and people don't want any part of that. hehe
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| #21 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 23:22 pm Similes |
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On the other hand, maybe some would like the usage blander. 8)
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| #22 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 23:26 pm Similes |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| I agree with Amy, it's obvious that Ralf made just a typo rather than a 'usage blunder'. No big deal. By the way, the term 'usage blunder' doesn't seem to be very popular. |
Ralf seems to like it?
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Forum: What do you want to talk about? Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:50 am Subject: Calling forum members by their names?
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Are you are queen of usage blunders. |
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| #23 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 23:28 pm Similes |
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| The native speaker was a usage blinder. :lol: |
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| #24 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 23:42 pm Similes |
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Poor victimized Molly. It must be a nightmare for you being married to a native speaker of English.
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lol @ "usage blander" and "usage blinder"
would this fly -- "usage blonder"?
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funny -- you can insert any of the five vowels into "bl_nder".
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Poor victimized Molly. It must be a nightmare for you being married to a native speaker of English.
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Love is sometimes blind and blinder. Often, for some, a blunder, and blander by the minute. But love can also be a blender.
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| #27 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:50 am Similes |
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That list seems to be short of this simile:
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Hey, Molly, what's wrong with a blonder entendre (the Southern way: on-TON-der)?
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