Language Evolution Fan Gifts

'When did 'At Ease' become 'Chill'?'

"All those in favor of saying 'It's a wrap' instead of 'Meeting adjourned' say 'Aye.' "

'We don't call it 'plus size' anymore, we call it 'extra fun'.'

'Park & ride a cock horse' at Banbury Cross.

"Nd how did tht mke u feel?"

"He's sworn never to say Boudicca, ShrOwsbury, whoM, or narrative."

"Bet she says 'moo' before she says 'oink'."

Danth battle?

"Hair spray"

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"These meetings were a lot shorter before we invented compound sentences."

"That's not what I meant by changing gear, Mrs.Robinson!"

"Drinking improves my vodkabulary."

"My doctor said I have 'a reptile dysfunction.'"

Correct Spelling Lane.

'Kindly explain to His Majesty that I didn't mean 'nincompoop' in the pejorative sense.'

(Gallerie Martorelli) (Art-Babble spoken here)

Museum of Anthropology. Did Neanderthals carry backpacks?

GARDU VIN! (BEWARE!). Clown sees several pies to beware of.

'I'm a gnu, but I think the 'N' is silent.'

"He's at grade level for everything except cursing. He's swearing at a 9th grade level."

The Emergence Of Language

Things we rarely hear: Bow...er...wow...er..um...woof/like tweet, I mean, y'know, tweet/whatchamacallit moo...

"And look sir - here's another interesting derivative of that phrase..."

'You mean to ssssay we have sssspeach imedimentssss?'

"We don't say 'giddyup' anymore."

"Can you recommend a good exercise program?"

'A few years ago that wouldn't have even sounded like a sentence.'

Evolution

Inn and Outt.

'Oh, it's different alright...but I'm not sure how much demand there'll be for a Noam Chomsky impersonator.'

'Is everything O.K.?'

A Yankee in Dixie: 'What in blue blazes is a 'tunerfish' sam' wich?'

Jean Chrétien: I don't speak good English, but I French very well!

"Did you call me Madam?"