Dictionaries in the funny pages ...

Thanks to Marc for the link!

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This entry was posted by Erin, on Thursday, September 11, 2008. You can leave your response.

“Dictionaries in the funny pages ...”

1.  Jordan Says:
   12:38 PM  

   The image is broken, can you repost it or provide a link to the original?

2.  Some.Net(Guy) Says:
   4:01 PM  

   I think you mean this:
   
   http://www.comics.com/wash/pickles/archive/pickles-20080911.html
   
   Also, I came here via the link displayed at the end of your TED talk because I love your enthusiasm about words. I, too, LOVE words. Were my head not buried in a keyboard in an office all day long, I would be writing. I look forward to reading more from you!

3.  Sal Says:
   3:55 PM  

   I just saw your TED talk. Outstanding! I love watching someone intelligent speak with such energy and dry wit about something they love.
   
   I'd offer to buy you a bier, but I'm worried you might think me German or morbid rather than just a polysemic typist.
   
   (And don't you find it interesting that we call Germans German instead of Deutch or Dutch, when in English it means kin-who-aren't-immediate-family? (brothers/sisters, cousins, germans)
   
   
   no?
   ...
   *cough*)

4.  Erin Says:
   4:15 PM  

   I love the term "cousin german" which always has such a Louisa May Alcott feel ... thanks for coming by the blog!

5.  Sal Says:
   4:15 PM  

   After reading down your blog:
   
   >the semicolon
   
   For all your pleasure in its now-rare usage, did you notice it was unfortunately typeset for fashionistas rather than for readers, than for the users of language? Check out my wikipedia article on French spacing to see another aspect of the written word that we've lost in the computer age. (sadly, the entry's been recently hijacked & vandalised)
   
   
   >neologisms
   
   You might like some of my own humble neologisms:
   
   • Hypocracy -- government by hypocrites
   
   • Obsequiacquiescence -- I'm sure however YOU define it is really the correct meaning
   
   • Justifiction* -- the rewriting of history/editing of memory, in order to justify one's current position
   
   
   
   * Call me conceited but I love this one. It just sums up so much of so much human interaction. I've been trying to popularise it for several years now: no joy.
   
   
   cheers
   Sal
   saltation.blogspot.com

6.  Sal Says:
   4:17 PM  

   good heavens -- crossed in the net