tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897995490567485290.post8976610028971871568..comments2023-03-28T16:14:13.056-07:00Comments on The God Fiction: On Douglas CouplandDr. Stephen Ogdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765689515656935339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897995490567485290.post-9195480359092862082007-06-26T09:42:00.000-07:002007-06-26T09:42:00.000-07:00Anyone interested in word origins, slang, usage ch...Anyone interested in word origins, slang, usage changes, euphemisms, etc. should take a look at "The American Language" by: H.L. Mencken. It's fascinating and frequently hilarious, for example, a selection of American surnames taken from a list of policy-holders with a large life-insurance company:<BR/><BR/>Ansen B. Outhouse<BR/>Chintz Royalty<BR/>John Bilious<BR/>Oscar R. Apathy<BR/>James A. Masculine, and the ever-beloved:<BR/>Barnum B. Bobo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897995490567485290.post-30548242913537834622007-06-26T08:58:00.000-07:002007-06-26T08:58:00.000-07:00Dear Retrodeathpixie, Ha! Yes, 'DTMFA' definitel...Dear Retrodeathpixie, <BR/> Ha! Yes, 'DTMFA' definitely deserves a place in the OED. It's like a Chinese character, containing an entire concept in just a few letters. And it's a concept most of us have grappled with at least once in our lives...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897995490567485290.post-92053750805683710642007-06-25T13:09:00.000-07:002007-06-25T13:09:00.000-07:00or DTMFA for that matter...or DTMFA for that matter...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674674611141139836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897995490567485290.post-44602761336616560402007-06-24T11:20:00.000-07:002007-06-24T11:20:00.000-07:00Even if the OED caves in to this Mcpressure, peopl...Even if the OED caves in to this Mcpressure, people will still use the term Mcjob. I love the vibrancy of the English language (the fact that it continues to change and grow). I wonder if Dan Savage's term: 'Santorum' will ever make it into common usage...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897995490567485290.post-82040956762074460372007-06-12T11:04:00.000-07:002007-06-12T11:04:00.000-07:00This makes me more angry than it should.Trust McDo...This makes me more angry than it should.<BR/><BR/>Trust McDonalds to miss the real heart of the issue: their employees are treated so poorly that the term McJob came to be.rclhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741574669158399957noreply@blogger.com