tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post7265540070889167409..comments2023-11-05T01:59:42.435-08:00Comments on Orgrease Crankbait: How Wordsmiths Erode LanguageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-85289145108991616532009-08-09T03:00:49.257-07:002009-08-09T03:00:49.257-07:00I don't mind throwing stones from a glass hous...I don't mind throwing stones from a glass house. Though I find it curious that this entry gets so much more attention than those where I did not throw stones, so, in fact, I wonder if it is leaning me toward being encouraged to throw stones.<br /><br />I am told there used to be a song that went something like, "cement cement mixer, goes round and round." So,maybe I should complain about songwriters?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-20438267355624938212009-08-08T19:08:26.634-07:002009-08-08T19:08:26.634-07:00How Wordsmith's Erode Language --- didn't ...How Wordsmith's Erode Language --- didn't you mean How Wordsmiths Erode Language? Come now, those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225106170719115307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-62614264209148519862009-06-30T17:09:47.561-07:002009-06-30T17:09:47.561-07:00For the mis-use of "cement" you can blam...For the mis-use of "cement" you can blame the Madison Avenue marketing pirates. In the early and mid-20th century the cement industry hired them to promote the use of cement, and they did just that. The made "cement" a common household word. They promoted the idea that cement was God's gift to the world, well to be specific, God's gift to the cement industry, but you can easily buy it from the cement industry.<br /><br />John<br />www.HistoricHomeWorks.comJohnhttp://www.historichomeworks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-57853300668128122672009-06-12T09:27:06.706-07:002009-06-12T09:27:06.706-07:00oh, that is so sadoh, that is so sadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283849717487961708.post-27055038934749455572009-06-12T07:12:59.045-07:002009-06-12T07:12:59.045-07:00"I feel each time like I had got some of that..."I feel each time like I had got some of that wet cement hit in the eyeball."<br /><br />That's not even English. Maybe if you wrote 'I feel, each time, like I had gotten hit in the eyeball with some of that wet cement' then people would give a shit about your concrete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com