Monday, December 8, 2008

Language-cop Citations

"The vote of the eighteen-member board was sixteen to nothing"!

Conservative columnist Walter Williams excoriated "female congresswomen"!

How did "pissed off" and "that sucks" become accepted in sociable discourse?

The bachelor jock bemoaned the dearth of "quality" dates: "I'm looking for someone who can conversate"!

If "apostasy" is the abandonment of religion, shouldn't a disciple be a "postle"?

"The most important thing about the Olympics is not to win." If not winning were most important, they'd award medals to the losers!

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