Category Archives: Language and Communication

Playing with, and ranting about, language: miscommunication, badly worded signs and questions, and changing usage (Anyone heard from “take” lately? Didn’t think so.).

Pre, fi, pro, fum

Posted on 22 January 2023 by Isabel Gibson

We do what we can. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 14 Comments

Do Not Follow Not

Posted on 14 January 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Send what you want out into the Universe . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 11 Comments

All Too Too

Posted on 10 December 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Say it once once, dagnab it. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 10 Comments

Distracted Again

Posted on 20 November 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Another linguistic ponderable. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 4 Comments

One Right Way

Posted on 04 November 2022 by Isabel Gibson

More adventures in Writing-about-Cooking Land. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 15 Comments

A Cleaner Canvas

Posted on 29 October 2022 by Isabel Gibson

The art of architecture and of cooking. Continue reading →

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Not One Thing

Posted on 28 August 2022 by Isabel Gibson

It’s not just attitude advice. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged | 14 Comments

Punny, yes, but funny?

Posted on 09 April 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Familiarity breeds no laughs. Continue reading →

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This Dang Place

Posted on 13 March 2022 by Isabel Gibson

What’s beyond the green door? Don’t go there. Continue reading →

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