huh?
Posted on 03/20/2009 10:33:39 AM PDT by JoeProBono
When you criticize someone else's use of the language, it's a good idea to avoid making a much worse error in your critique.
I actually do know what the word means, Noah Webster.
I was making a joke.
FMCDH(BITS)
I’ve seen and heard this word misused this way many times. You gave me no reason to believe you were any smarter than the others who did so.
I humbly beg your forgiveness.
How silly of me to forget the monumental vintage of ‘81.
You are a true oenophile, a colossus of the breed!
Yes,yes! The 1881 was the pinnacle of sublime joy for me.
We are truly of a kinship of all that is good with the world.
A whiff of lavender, with legs of oak.
I bow to your expertise.
I’ve heard it misused as well.
I am smarter than the others, however. Trust me on this.
:)
huh?
Oh yeah. :(
At least it’s FRIDAY...and SPRINGTIME!
still drinkable, with notes of “truffles and caramel” = tastes like stale mule piss, but we’re too elitist to admit it
It’s almost Beer Thirty! YEEHAW!
About another month and the fish will be back!
You've actually seen someone call someone else an oxymoron?
I have seen Bugs Bunny call someone (probably Daffy Duck) a "maroon" with my own eyes, but I'm skeptical that real people would seriously misuse "oxymoron" that way.
The court demands evidence for your claim that this is a common misusage.
Can you imagine the pressure? If I opened a bottle of wine that was three times older than me, you bet your favorite body part I would have something nice to say about it, too.
The story you’ll never read: “Guy opens a bottle of 1862 Bourdeaux, says it tastes like cow piss...”
The shapely nose and brimful woodsy, yet subdued aura of the 63’ is not something that can be appreciated by casual and/or the subaltern.
No, no it is I who should bow to you for your ability to so describe what few men will ever experience. I lift my perfectly cut 1799 Venice-made glass to you and bid you drink.
Ah Yes.....Chateau Boone. Last Wednesday was an excellent vintage.
Chateau Margaux 1787
The Wine Merchant
In 1989, Sokolin, a New York wine merchant, had a bottle of Chateau Margaux 1797 on consignment from its English owner. The wine bottle was encrusted with the initials of Thomas Jefferson on it and was over 200 years old.
The Accident
Sokolin took possession of the wine bottle in an attempt to sell it for five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Wine enthusiasts and collectors believe that the bottle did not exceed the price of a 1787 Lafite which sold for $160,000 at auction, however assumed that this was Sokolin’s successful attempt to generate publicity for the wine bottle.
Sokolin decided to take the bottle of wine to a Chateau Margaux dinner at the four seasons restaurant. While at dinner, as Sokolin was preparing to leave, a waiter carrying a coffee tray bumped the bottle, breaking it on the floor. Fortunately for Sokolin, and the owner had the foresight to insure the valuable bottle. After the dust settled, the insurance paid $225,000 for the broken bottle, which Sokolin shared with the owner. It is unsure what happened to the careless waiter.
Well, now I know. If your comment had been followed by a ;), it would have been obvious that it was a joke rather than a common error.
Yep, the first time was on a "news" program, a few years ago. I don't remember which program, or which bimbo, but I was astounded. Her co-bimbo (male variety), didn't even blink. I expect he was just as stupid as her.
I've heard it a few times since, but haven't made a point of taking notes.
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