tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post1016459936933066570..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Words That Should Get a Divorce (One in an occasional series on words whose relationships have grown tired)June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-87813407362879704912009-01-06T13:55:00.000-08:002009-01-06T13:55:00.000-08:00Wanna hear something funny? When you wrote that pi...Wanna hear something funny? When you wrote that pine trees don't submit to snowy blankets, I had to mentally work on that. I could picture a layer of snow so thick it covered a pine tree. <BR/><BR/>And this, ladies and gentlemen, is just one of many reasons why you shouldn't raise children in Florida. On the other hand, I did grow up with bugs so big no snow drift could bury them. Besides, they'd just use that "here comes a shoe" instinct and outrun the snow storm, anyway.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-45224261987944148722009-01-06T13:04:00.000-08:002009-01-06T13:04:00.000-08:00Idunno. Yeah, it is tired 'cause it's overused an...Idunno. Yeah, it is tired 'cause it's overused and maybe I wouldn't mind if it were retired, but I <B>do</B> tend to think of the byways whenever someone uses this expression, regardless of the speaker's consciousness (huh, that evokes some amusing possibilities--"the speaker's consciousness"). But that could just be me; I perceive (and, more likely, interpolate) layers of profundity in TV commercials. And, yeah, I also hear echoes of what's hidden in the etymology when I am quite sure the speaker is unaware that a word even has an origin.<BR/><BR/>As for snowy blankets, that usually doesn't feel like an apt description of the crystalized precipitation's subtle interactions with the landscape. So I'm with Debbie. No offense, June. Really, I don't know that I've seen much snow over the desert (where this seems a more likely phenomenon); pine trees, for instance, don't submit to snowy blankets.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550742712966484303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-24984957334592116152008-12-23T12:07:00.000-08:002008-12-23T12:07:00.000-08:00Wanna hear something hilarious? As you were typing...Wanna hear something hilarious? <BR/><BR/>As you were typing that, I was talking to a friend about our drive to Las Vegas on Friday and said, exact quote: "For miles on end, the Mojave was blanketed in snow."<BR/><BR/>Will you accept a plea of "It's not as cliche because I was talking about a desert"?<BR/><BR/>(Too funny!)June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-4274422196720887032008-12-23T11:58:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:58:00.000-08:00Another pair I'd happily nominate for splitsville:...Another pair I'd happily nominate for splitsville: "Blanket" and "Snow."<BR/><BR/>Debbie in snowy MichiganDebbie Diesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495170364895668136noreply@blogger.com