tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post6048928142201422388..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: vitriolseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-980700447775893052011-01-31T08:28:34.359-08:002011-01-31T08:28:34.359-08:00You're welcome, Kathleen. And yes, the video, ...You're welcome, Kathleen. And yes, the video, I think, is worth the price of the ticket.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-52771323171582009712011-01-31T07:10:57.810-08:002011-01-31T07:10:57.810-08:00Thanks for the real definition.
The video is hila...Thanks for the real definition.<br /><br />The video is hilarious!!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-163723699736408912011-01-29T07:51:58.935-08:002011-01-29T07:51:58.935-08:00I don't know if I like or dislike those abbrev...I don't know if I like or dislike those abbreviations, but I never use them.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-36246627361201634402011-01-28T22:38:14.947-08:002011-01-28T22:38:14.947-08:00I don't even like WTF, though I have a certain...I don't even like WTF, though I have a certain effection for the expression it stands for.<br />==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30097904607118829032011-01-28T21:18:32.913-08:002011-01-28T21:18:32.913-08:00BG, ITYGI!
Yeah, I made that one up...BG, ITYGI!<br /><br />Yeah, I made that one up...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-82552391018871620622011-01-28T20:58:54.743-08:002011-01-28T20:58:54.743-08:00People used to say "messaging," though n...People used to say "messaging," though not necessarily about text messages. It could refer to sending electronic messages on a company internal e-mail system -- as it does at my newspaper, unfortunately.<br /><br />V-word: maling. OMG! LOL!Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-77682629452063370752011-01-28T20:56:21.529-08:002011-01-28T20:56:21.529-08:00'Texting' doesn't actually bother me m...'Texting' doesn't actually bother me much, perhaps because its a new phenomenon and perhaps because it's a fairly truncated form of language anyway. <br /><br />But no one says, messaging, do they? They say, IMing.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-28916991953940688222011-01-28T20:37:24.650-08:002011-01-28T20:37:24.650-08:00"Call" surely was a verb before the tele..."Call" surely was a verb before the telephone was invented (The biblical book Leviticus is called in its original Hebrew <i>va-Yikrah</i>, which "and he called.”) But, faced with this new phenomenon of telephone communication, people had to come with a noun to describe the act of engaging in such communication. People today made up a new word. People back then used an old word a new way. These processes seem similar to me.<br /><br />I also hate <i>messaging</i>.<br /> ======================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-19699962533985954282011-01-28T20:34:08.932-08:002011-01-28T20:34:08.932-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-23573038701417284602011-01-28T19:58:53.393-08:002011-01-28T19:58:53.393-08:00I suppose 'bible' should keep us all on th...I suppose 'bible' should keep us all on the straight and narrow here. I'm not sure text is the same as call, though. Wasn't call already a verb before the telephone? I don't think text was.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-57680934447419486832011-01-28T19:28:41.689-08:002011-01-28T19:28:41.689-08:00I was going to include text as a verb, except that...I was going to include <i>text</i> as a verb, except that that usage follows the same pattern as <i>call</i>, which only gradually came to stand alone for <i>telephone call</i> or the act of making such a call. Read fiction from before, say, 1940, and you’ll get characters saying things like, “I will telephone to you.”<br /><br />I still hate <i>text</i> as a verb, though.<br /><br />My v-word, so help me God, is bible<br /> ======================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-46563999292257734992011-01-28T18:08:27.608-08:002011-01-28T18:08:27.608-08:00Nice examples, Peter. And presented with vitriol a...Nice examples, Peter. And presented with vitriol as well!seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-81473485963394895302011-01-28T15:03:10.517-08:002011-01-28T15:03:10.517-08:00"Reference" as a verb. "Roll out&qu..."Reference" as a verb. "Roll out" instead of introduce. "Going forward." "Thank you so much" instead of "thank you." "Would you like a XXXX <b>today</b>?" Instead of "Would you like a XXXX?" "Go viral."<br /> ======================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-6749936650985211692011-01-28T07:17:55.695-08:002011-01-28T07:17:55.695-08:00I'm with you on the catch phrase hate, Sean. E...I'm with you on the catch phrase hate, Sean. Even seemingly innocuous ones like "I referenced that" and "going forward" drive me crazy. It's amazing how much of this cant filters down even into a small business.<br /><br />The worst of course is when you catch yourself using such a phrase yourself.<br /><br />Yeah, I like the song too, although I don't really understand it.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-18328873188703736382011-01-28T07:01:06.762-08:002011-01-28T07:01:06.762-08:00That's acually not such a bad song. I totally ...That's acually not such a bad song. I totally hate that word now. One of my bigger pet peeves is when the media beats a catch phrase or word to death. It happens all the time in the coorporate world. Me and some of my co-workers have had plenty of Bullshit Bingo challenges during meetings to spice things up.Sean Patrick Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051252366031997054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-81681693280310575052011-01-27T23:08:08.755-08:002011-01-27T23:08:08.755-08:00I know, right? I especially love the audience reac...I know, right? I especially love the audience reactions...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-22578565148900580932011-01-27T22:10:11.283-08:002011-01-27T22:10:11.283-08:00Rock on!Rock on!Leslie Karsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779717365273916569noreply@blogger.com