tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756162133178009917.post86529851361861333..comments2023-12-11T10:30:33.446-08:00Comments on Fugue Salad: Mergersjaneannechovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01965405250604022222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756162133178009917.post-28986877448755469312007-12-20T23:30:00.000-08:002007-12-20T23:30:00.000-08:00I can't tell you how much satisfaction I get from ...I can't tell you how much satisfaction I get from hearing someone else get wound up about bad language usage. It's one of my favorite pastimes, but hardly anyone around me knows what I'm talking about half the time.Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983552654625596910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756162133178009917.post-87593939310255583072007-12-19T23:07:00.000-08:002007-12-19T23:07:00.000-08:00Just the other day I was upbraided by some prig fo...Just the other day I was upbraided by some prig for referring to my apartment as "stately MWR manor." Apparently it is neither stately enough nor manorial enough for some peevish tastes. Moreover, apparently manorial isn't even a word. And some would say I need a gamekeeper.<BR/><BR/>I saw that in the New Yorker, or something as egregious. [<I>Insert conservation-of-angular-momentum joke re Mr. Shawn here</I>]<BR/><BR/>Then there are the poeple who speak a couple of languages and forget which is which when writing their blog headlines. Not you, of course . . . never.MWRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941131523820918736noreply@blogger.com