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The Dicta Diva: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Is all about words: Thoughts, comments and critical musings- starting with mine- on how American English is misused and abused all over the place. (Let me count the ways! And occasionally, praise for a phrase or whatever that's, well, word-perfect. I hope you'll comment, and contribute real-life examples, too- possibly even from something. Written. (It'll happen: perfectionists aren't perfect.). Stay tuned. Should be fun! Posted by Linda Saracino, The Dicta Diva at 12:06 PM.
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The Dicta Diva: December 2006
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Christmas pix to come- maybe. They aren't uploading. I tried it three ways. Blogger said the pix uploaded- three times. As you see, they aren't here. But I want to post this before I leave for NY for Christmas, and I'm out of time for futzing with it. So consider this an almost-final, image-free draft. ]. There's Something About Merry. However, this in stallmen. T of The Dicta Diva isn't about what you think it's about. Here's the thing: No one I've Merry Christmas'd has eve...
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The Dicta Diva: June 2006
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Saturday, June 24, 2006. Another in a series of ongoing lists. I hope you'll contribute! If you happen to be with me almost anywhere a café, or my car, or the produce section, or especially in front of TV you’re likely to catch me saying a few words, sometimes with attitude. You'll think I’m talking to you, but I’m not. I'm not really talking to myself, either. I’m talking to, or back to, some. I'm talking pronunciation, or rather,. So, wait: Am I "the very pineapple [pinaple? They're paid to know and us...
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The Dicta Diva: August 2006
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006. Eh, Condo, Condo Italiano! Has anyone else noticed how many condo. Developments, both new and newly. Converted," now have Italian (or Italianate) names? So do some new single-house communities. Under the Tuscan Sun. Influenced not only travel, farmhouse renovation, kitchen design, home dec and furniture (including the author's pricey and overwrought "At Home in Tuscany" line), but has now reached developers and promoters of clusters of condominia and single-home enclaves. But in...
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The Dicta Diva: November 2006
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006. The case of the missing morpheme. Known for close relationships with. And, on certain more formal occasions,. Keeps bad company with. Or that odd one,. We always used to see those two nudged up against each other, shoulder to shoulder, to start a sentence or a clause. United,. Means much the same thing as. Very much anymore. And after so many years, too. They used to be inseparable. Can't help but wonder what caused the break-up. Isn't available, ask. Isn't there and should ...
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The Dicta Diva: July 2006
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Friday, July 14, 2006. As if the prospect of trying to make English the "official" language of the US isn't problematic enough, the "EZ-spel" folks are at it again. So: what's the problem with "EZ-spel" (my own term for it) if it helps kids? If a simplified spell-the-way-you-say-it system promotes reedeeng en rydeeng among the school-age set, what's wrong with that? Let me count the ways. Well, the writer does. EZ-spel is a written form of each writer's. 2 What about dialects? Which, it seems to me, woul...
