Discussing Semantics
Blog URL http://discussingsemantics.blogspot.com
Located San Diego, California USA
Come look at how we use words and how we SHOULD use words. Many time we use words incorrectly. Here we examine words and phrases and their definitions.
Latest Blog Posts
- Happy Thanksgiving on Nov 26, 2009 in holidays
No words today, just a reminder to use your words very carefully as you sit around the table with your family that you may not have seen for years, months, or hours. You know how heated things get around the table, right? Well, as I have taugh...
- Wednesday Word Count- 11259 on Nov 25, 2009 in Wednesday Word Count on my soapbox
This week’s word: glamour as a noun means the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, esp. by a combination of charm and good looks; OR excitement, adventure, and unusual activity; OR magic or enchantment; spell; witchery glamour as...
- Horton Hear a Who on Nov 24, 2009 in Definitions clarify
I don’t know why I remember it, but I do. Once back in seventh grade our teacher gave us a long lecture about the difference between to listen and to hear. Basically, she explained it to mean that one is there are sounds going in but no...
- Blunder Results on Nov 23, 2009 in answers
You were all so correct in this one: Fourty children showed up at the mall yesterday fore a visit to Santa’s Village. First, Fourty should be Forty. Second, fore should be for. Last, Wrighty earned some extra points for her comment, “It's...
- The Opposite Of Someone on Nov 23, 2009 in Definitions discussions with the husband
The other day my dear husband had commented on someone’s facebook page and someone else commented about him being the antithesis of a previous employer. He figured it was a compliment, but wasn’t sure exactly what it meant. Not to w...
- Saturday Symbol-Ampersand on Nov 21, 2009 in Symbol Saturday
This week we are going to talk about the Ampersand. That’s a really fun word, isn’t it? It’s also very fun to look at but very hard to make. I have played piano ever since I was 7 years old. I can make a Treble Clef very easi...
- Weekly Blunder 11.29.09 on Nov 20, 2009 in weekly blunder
Tell me what’s wrong in this sentence and I’ll award some points: Fourty children showed up at the mall yesterday fore a visit to Santa’s Village.
