tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post6936967239262123808..comments2023-09-19T10:00:29.637-04:00Comments on The Velvet Blog: What does a spinal chord sound like? (Or, why I hate homonyms)Jim Donahuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-71799276622775510382007-10-09T01:36:00.000-04:002007-10-09T01:36:00.000-04:00Hate, hate, hate it when people write "vocal chord...Hate, hate, hate it when people write "vocal chords." Gaaaaah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-717629727807376342007-10-04T13:17:00.000-04:002007-10-04T13:17:00.000-04:00Hm. Well, if you love homonyms, you're a homophili...Hm. Well, if you <I>love</I> homonyms, you're a homophiliac.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-53503817784126588072007-10-03T15:54:00.000-04:002007-10-03T15:54:00.000-04:00If you hate homonyms, are you homophobic?If you hate homonyms, are you homophobic?Grammarian@mindspring.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579194551324905130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-75366036326233872082007-10-03T12:09:00.000-04:002007-10-03T12:09:00.000-04:00In Newsday this week:"sometimes they were 100% sur...In Newsday this week:<BR/><BR/>"sometimes they were 100% sure of their decision. Other times they waivered."<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(oh, and I always thought the proper idiom was "that's a whole nother thing")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-22916240784019027662007-10-02T22:45:00.000-04:002007-10-02T22:45:00.000-04:00In an article on ESPN.com or maybe CBS Sportsline....In an article on ESPN.com or maybe CBS Sportsline.com, someone today used "their" instead of "there". Which shouldn't bother me. But it really, really does. If you're (not "your") getting paid as a writer (which I presume this person was -- that could be wrong), you should know which word to use.<BR/><BR/>But maybe that's just me.Posol'stvo the Medvedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573435137467134333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-8279813353450656552007-10-02T12:36:00.000-04:002007-10-02T12:36:00.000-04:00E flatE flatpunkinsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04438713256926490168noreply@blogger.com