And, as long as I’m being a language elitist…
June 2nd, 2008
…the phrase is:
“let’s flesh this out” not “let’s flush this out.”
“Flesh it out” means to add substance to the skeleton of an idea.
“Flush it out” means to expel something through a toilet’s plumbing.
I will now sit in a corner and dwell on the difference between “its” and “it’s.”
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11 Comments Add your own
1. grumps | June 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 am
Give me a shout when you get to “less” v “fewer.” I’ll join you on the chorus.
2. tee bee | June 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Good luck focusing in on that.
3. Brad V | June 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Nice
4. BobG | June 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
These examples may help:
“It’s a matter of punctuation.”
“What is its name?”
“And then I ‘its him with a bottle,” said the Cockney.
5. capper | June 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
My peeve is seasoned salt. Isn’t that a redundancy?
6. David Casper | June 3rd, 2008 at 6:46 am
Asterisk vs. Asterick.
The one time I watched Everybody Loves Raymond*, his wife had to point out to him that he always said “asterick” instead of “asterisk.” Ever since then, whenever I start to say the word, I think about it too much and either say “asterick,” or, say it the right way and look around the room at people’s reactions wondering if it came out the way I intended.
*I hate Raymond. Just to be clear.
7. chris | June 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 am
Where do you weigh in on the joolery vs. jewelry? That one always drives me nuts.
8. Fuzz Martin | June 3rd, 2008 at 7:38 am
The ones that ALWAYS get me are, “eXspecially,” “suh-prise,” and “a hunert (meaning one hundred).”
9. grumps | June 3rd, 2008 at 9:24 am
Ree-la-tor, lay/lie, Ellinois. We could go on.
10. Wendy | June 3rd, 2008 at 10:42 am
The Ree-la-tor thing drives me nuts, too, eXspecially when Realtors are the people who say it.
11. tee bee | June 4th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Sounds like y’all are aboot to go nucyooler.
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