Posted on 05/06/2007 1:28:26 PM PDT by epow
Mr. Language Person: Some words of wisdomality BY DAVE BARRY
(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published Aug 27, 2000.)
Welcome to ''Ask Mister Language Person,'' written by the foremost leading world authority on the proper grammatorical usagality of English, both orally and in the form of words. In this award-winning column, which appears nocturnally, we answer the grammar and vocabulary questions that are on the minds of many Americans just before they pass out.
Today, as is our wont, we begin with our first question:
Q. You have a wont?
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Well, I liked it. Thanks.
One of the “alert readers” was David Davidson. Why do parents do that to their children?
Someone ought to ask him about “the Commander Guy” or the “decider guy”.
I don't know, unless they think it's cute. I have seen names in which all three names begin with the same letter and pronunciation stress, Robert Rodney Robertson for example.
Nothing wrong with that I suppose, but I don't think I would hang an alliterative moniker like that on any kid of mine.
Remember Major Major Major Major?
I have been offline for most of the afternoon with a DSL problem, and I see this thread isn’t attracting much interest. Maybe the feuding Rootytoot and Fredhead partisans are too angry at each other to be in a mood for any lightweight posting.
My otherwise wonderful late aunt, born in 1911, was wait for it ...
Peggy Pamela Philippa Pow.
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