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To: ShadowAce

pointless word musing... glamo[u]r and grammar used to be the same word. back when few people could read and write it was considered a mystical skill. it was glamorous to know grammar.


33 posted on 10/17/2013 2:14:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

>>back when few people could read and write it was considered a mystical skill. it was glamorous to know grammar.<<

But was it grammarous to know glamour?


90 posted on 10/17/2013 3:12:20 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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