Words That Aren’t Words
A couple of years ago, one of the pastor’s of my church left, details aren’t important. He moved and now is the pastor at a church there. There are two things I regret since he left. 1.) I never realized how extremely funny he is. 2.) I never realized what a grammar/word nerd he actually is.
Recently on his blog, he posted a list of non-words, titled (in humor) The Ain’t List – Words That Aren’t Words.
I know I could add countless other words that perturb me beyond words (gasp) but his list is awesome. My favorites (and biggest pet peeves EVER) irregardless and unthaw.
It’s sad that my wordpress spell check immediately noticed that unthaw is not a word, but left irregardless alone….
I’m sure that is because of this. Grammar girl rocks btw!
Popularity: 30% [?]
-
Welcome!
Hi there, I am Nicole. This blog is a combination of my little corner of the writing world and the previous website known as Freelance Writer's Exchange. Please be sure and leave a comment so I know you visited, and so I can come visit you.
Are you participating in NaNoWriMo in 2010? If you are, leave me a comment with your id and I'll add you as a friend! 2010 will be my 5th year winning, and my 7th year participating.
What I'm tweeting:
- Join a twitter party w/ @centsiblelife @OpenSkyProject @Bellalimento @SavertheThyme. Having groupshop, discounts & giveaways! #OSFamFun
- My baby is turning 12 in two days. I remember holding her tiny body in my arms. Seems like yesterday! I'm trying to cope. #fb
- Do you prefer writing up fictional locations and places, or writing as close to real life as you can? #amwriting
- Still writing about places I've never seen in life. So hard to do. @amwriting
- If it stays beautiful, I'm taking the laptop to the park to write. Nature is definitely my inspiration. #amwriting
- Another absolutely gorgeous day! We actually enjoyed a picnic in the park for dinner last night.
