8 Apr
2000
8 Apr
'00
8:38 p.m.
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:
I guess I'm oversensitized to syntax errors of
this type.
I know how you feel, dude.
Once in a while I have to jump someone for comitting
such a sin.
Hear, hear!
There once was a daily or weekly vignette on NPR, in
which the host, named
John Ciardi (pronounced CHARDY, tough I'm guessing at the spelling)
presented the entymology of commonly used linguistic constructs like this
example.
Dude, unless he was talking about ants, I'm pretty sure you meant
"etymology"!
Cheers,
Doug