that canadian girl

I’m borrowing this entry from Captain Slog’s World Wide Weird blog. It’s the Washington Post’s list of winners in its annual contest to provide wrong meanings for well-known words. The following were some of this year’s winning entries: Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have [...]

After having a semi-serious discussion on IRC with a melting pot of English degree students, English as second language Scandinavians and self-centered Americans on whether Instant Messaging systems like IRC and MSN Messenger are responsible for the deterioration of the English language, this blog entry on Chocolate and Vodka made me laugh. “The problem with [...]