When you, the Fox8 viewing public, read this, probably you will conclude that Flatch is in the winepress with his sour grapes again. That aside, I must vent about the following:
I almost opened up a can on the person(s) who publish articles on the Fox8 website today when I saw the word “shammy” used in the Deal or Dud text. Back when my hair was short, we would have been ridiculed and/or penalized if we didn’t spell it “chamois”. Just to cover my glutes, I looked on-line and , Lo and Behold, “shammy” is in a dictionary! (I have noticed other misspellings on the site in the past, but lacking the magic degree to be able to work there, I never pointed them out.)
Does anyone else wonder about the longevity of the English language as we once knew it, the same English in which my mom’s younger sister got her Master’s degree while she roomed with us, the same English with its many intricacies and guidelines with which we had to comply when she was in the house with us and with which I still strive to comply? When and if my novel gets published, will it be the Beowulf of the 21ST century, since I chose to use semicolons and a thesaurus?
O do share your thoughts. I promise not to penalize for spelling and grammar - in the great scheme of things, it may not be your fault.
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I was born after waiving extradition in October 1959. My mother was a goalie coach for the pond hockey team at a juvenile detention center. My father was the first to combine Doritos with Clearasil, thus causing and curing acne at the same time. Think of me as the one who pushes the Bull***t button on the game show of life. My interests are Swedish maritime hymnals, Victorian iodine bottles and four-digit numbers.
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