Tag: english

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #215

26 March, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

The English language is stupid. It’s ludicrous.  Rules, then exceptions to those rules.  Logic, then words that defy that logic.  We’ve have this stupid language for centuries, and we just continue with the madness.  There is no end in sight.  Sometimes, I wonder if the AOLers and shorthand IMers are pure evil or truly revolutionary […]

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Dear readers, I’m not sure where I’m headed

8 February, 2012 (12:00) | Memories

When I was in college, I had a creative writing class.  It was a small class, less than 20 of us, and we met in one of the cool nationality rooms at Pitt.  The professor’s last name was Hall, and I enjoyed her and the class tremendously.  I don’t claim to have had a special […]

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what does bi weekly mean?

16 September, 2011 (12:00) | Poll the People

Results may vary.  Even Webster‘s seems to dodge the answer.  Which understanding do you operate under?

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