Vocabulary Wizard Pillows

Wordplay: Antelope - 'Oh, come on, Anthea - let's run away together.'

'Samshu and kummel made a lowery mix.'

Wordplay: Pantomime.

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

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

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

I will study my speling words...

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

"How is it that someone who reads all the Harry Potter books still doesn't know the magic word?"

"Bad dog! I've told you to always proofread."

Kid in class corrects teachers spelling.

Restaurant Francais: All you can pronounce £30.

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

'Roget it's fantastic, superb, extraordinary...where on earth did you get the idea?'

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

'ooh! A womb with a view.'

"Better than a business model, I have a business scheme."

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

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

So I'm "cheap." It's a perfectly good word. And it aptly describes my interest in conserving resources. I suppose we could call you "thrifty." Heavens no! And waste two whole letters? I see we've only wasted one whole tea bag.

"It's a play on words."

The Proust of Twitter

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

The Family Joules: Part 21

Ninedency: A budding tendency

"No sweetie, it’s a beurk not a book."

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

Woman holds report: 'This has so many different fonts in it, I thougt it was a ransom note.'

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, Kevin. You need to know them so you can Blog.'

'I swear by my spell checker. I have a mental block for spelling. Even 'Hooqued on Foniks' didn't help.'

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."