Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
It's pretty obvious that the new champ on Jeopardy! never actually read The Great Gatsby. If he had, he still might not have guessed Elmer Gantry, but he'd have known that Jay Gatsby would never have said:
Labels: entertainment, humor, jeopardy
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 10:31 AM, April 19, 2012
Kathie had this to say...
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At 10:48 AM, April 19, 2012
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->I was initially startled, too. But then I figured that the poor panicked contestant suffered a "brain-fart," coming up with a 6-letter title character's surname that contained inter alia, in order, G, A, T and Y.
I didn't think about that - you're probably right
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