Tag Archives: Aristophanes
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Saints, Milk, and Commas
Leave a commentMarch 18, 2019 by libroshombre
You want to keep your Saint Isidores straight when you’re talking about commas. Or is it “Saints Isidore”? Either way, …
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Neologisms, Numbers, and Niceness
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2017 by libroshombre
Me and Aristophanes, the Greek playwright, agree that, “By words the mind is excited and the spirit elated.” That …
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Vulgarity, Punctuation, and Doris Day
Leave a commentApril 7, 2017 by libroshombre
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer knew vulgarity when he encountered it, and there’s even a selection of them in the section titled …
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Unfortunate Headlines, Strange Swords, and Blue-Backed Spellers
Leave a commentSeptember 26, 2015 by libroshombre
A friend recently gave me a delightful collection of “flubs from the nation’s press” titled “Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim.” …
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