by Butch Mazzuca | Dec 19, 2022 | American Life, Fun With Language, Recent Commentaries
There was a time when I would defer to the dictionary to settle linguistic arguments; but no longer. The Cambridge Dictionary, like it’s cousin, Merriam-Websters, recently altered the definitions of the words man and woman to include people who identify as a gender... Read More
by Butch Mazzuca | Dec 5, 2022 | Fun With Language
Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, and adventurer traveled from Europe to Asia between 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years, and whose Il Milione (“The Million”) known in English as the Travels of Marco Polo (considered a classic in travel literature)... Read More
by tbeaud | Nov 5, 2022 | Fun With Language, Recent Commentaries
To get our mind off of the election I thought we might have some fun today by offering a challenge to my blog readers – below is arguably the all-time greatest word puzzle ever, now there are no catches to this, it’s an exercise in pure logic and... Read More
by Butch Mazzuca | Jul 18, 2022 | American Life, Fun With Language, Other Interesting Stuff, Recent Commentaries
~ If it walks like a duck ~ Fascism has taken on many forms. From Franco’s Spain to Mussolini’s Italy to Nazi Germany to Saddam’s Bath Party. While time, place and circumstance differ, each had similar ideological goals, beginning with a centralized government that... Read More
by tbeaud | Apr 25, 2022 | Fun With Language
When a black person uses the term ‘white privilege’ what they are really saying is, that as a white person my perspective on the subject is less valuable because I have not experienced what blacks have experienced. Meanwhile, when white people use the term, its... Read More
by tbeaud | Mar 7, 2022 | Fun With Language
A.A. Milne once said, “Organizing is what we do before we do something, so that when we do it, it’s not all mixed up.” Good advice for sure although I’m not sure I would have expressed it quite that way – in any event, here are a few tips on things to make... Read More
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