Yesterday's post about the "wild hair" ended up causing me distress. Why you might ask? Well maybe you wouldn't but you are going to get the response anyway.
Hope made a comment asking what "wild hair" meant and when I went to respond I was going to link the Ask.com or Wikipedia answer. But all that did was prove that I am an idiot.
You see, it isn't "wild hair" it is "wild hare". I am in my late 30s and never knew it was "hare". Feel free to look it up if you want but I can't bring myself to link my own ignorance.
That is what distressed me. Ignorance like that makes me feel like a bumbkin. (Hope you will have to Google that one for yourself)
I can't even stand it if I think I am misspelling a word or using it incorrectly unless I am doing it on purpose. I would rather go through the trouble of looking it up in the dictionary or changing the word all together before I use it incorrectly. I can't even bring myself to text using any of the text lingo. I have to spell everything out.
I know... but it is my curse and I live with it.
So next time I get a "wild hare" to use a cliche' I will make sure and do the background check first.
When is the last time your own ignorance jumped up and bit you?
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Drives me crazy
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And next time you get a wild "hair", just pluck it out--that's what I do!
...and, I get your curse, I have the same promblem :) (and, yes, I spelled promblem wrong on purpose! It's a Strongbad reference!)
Funny confession, Roger.
Don't remember the most recent time but FOREVER I thought it was "for all intensive purposes" rather than "for all intents and purposes."
Honestly, I like wild HAIR better. It' conjures up a stronger image for me.!
I totally thought it was hair.
Me, too deleise.
I misuse and misspell too many to count...I'm sure.
IT's HARE??? Aw man!
Roger, don't feel at all stupid - I still don't know what a "wild hare" is but I'm going to check it out! I can relate to Kim, boy what a shocker it was when I found out about "all intents ...." surely "intensive" fits in well most of the time, doesn't it?? Don't ask me the words of most of the songs I sing either, cuz you'll probably give yourself a stroke laughing at me. :)
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