Linguistics Fans Prints

"Hair spray"

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

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

"Who plays ball with the Dalai Lama?" "That's right." "What's right?" "Who plays ball with the Dalai Lama." "Why are you asking me?"

"I’ve heard of them barking at the moon, but never scatting at the sun."

"Wa-wa. . . wa-wa. . . wa-wa. . ."

'Do you always have to shout? Well? Do you? Huh?'

'Diver caught scallops - is that a description of what happened or a compound adjective'

Fred interpreted the word compact as a verb, not as an adjective.

'In today's market hyperbole was up sharply. Similes and metaphors held relatively steady with euphemisms hitting another record low.'

Wordplay: Nonstarter.

Irritable Vowel Syndrome: "EEEIIIOOOAAA AUUUEEE!!"

The Oxford Comma Coin

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

"We're to stop talking about 'budget cuts'. Apparently it's depressing for staff and clients..."

"Don't forget to call it a 'procedure'—it makes it less scary."

'Well? - Now that we've learned to talk, aren't you going to admit that you were wrong?'

Sign on Roget's Thesaurus, Inc.: 'Absent Ingesting Comestibles'

'Yes, I speak perfect English, I have to 'cause you English are too bloody lazy to learn French!'

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

"I think our daughter should change her major. She can now ask for money in 3 different languages!"

'Now that we've learned to talk, we can have FOCUS GROUPS!'

"Well that answers that question!"

"No, those people aren't anorexic. Those people are starving."

Communicating with clients without using buzzwords posed a challenge for the consultants.

Correct Spelling Lane.

'Once a donzel, the dyvour now settled for orts.'

"We’re leveraging knowledge of niche opportunities to maximize strategic advantages."

(Gallerie Martorelli) (Art-Babble spoken here)

Maternity ward: 'Baby talk spoken here.'

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

Barbed Pen

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

Witch's spell check.

"He's a fine talker, but can you understand Portuguese?"