Language Evolution Prints

"I don't need a club or a spear, now that I've mastered sarcasm."

"First I was part of the hoi polloi, Then I spent time with a gathering crowd. Now I'm a member of the urban masses."

'Listen Mum and Dad, an 'Outing' used to mean a family picnic but it has a different meaning nowadays...'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

Hey, calm down --- Now, what did you say again?

Solicitor speaks legal jargon and has a translator who tells client: 'You haven't a hope!'

Campaign for Plain English

"You haven't got dyslexia- the instructions are in polish."

'Darling I want you to remember this always,,,'

"Couldn't you have just laughed instead of spelling 'LOL' in your alphabet soup?"

"Whenever he shows up everything turns to crap!"

Torturing the English Language

Thru versus Through Traffic

Clown teaches how to speak Jibberish

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

'I can't force jocose if I'm not feeling it.'

Boneheads! I never said I was bringing ten condiments!

Backfire

Punctuation Police

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Assault 'n' Vinegar

"The good news is that we do have a little wiggle room."

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

What's normal?

"There's only one 'L' in colosseum."

"If Google Translate is correct, they want our women and our cattle."

Lesser known greek gods,

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

'The Questioner'

Wok. Don't Wok.

'I've been called some mean things as a baby boomer, but 'Pig in the Python' really hurts.'

"Oh, look- French! Let's try it."