What's in a name?
- by *KeswickPinhead, 3 days, 16 hours ago
- Journals / Personal
Anyone who has been following along knows I love to point out when a famous person, particularly politicians or journalists, mix their metaphors or just botch what they were trying to say.
So, since I'm critical of the flubs of others, it's only fair to take myself to task.
"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." Napoleon Hill
posted J. Brooke Simmons, or @VirtualCheetah from GreenDoorVirtual.com
"IDK. William Alexander Bell wanted a device to help his deaf wife. I wouldn't exactly call that selfless" I responded
to which she quickly replied " Lol... Always the devils advocate".
Couldn't resist the irony of answering "I disagree.", but did you catch it?
The inventor of the telephone was actually Alexander Graham Bell.
William Alexander was the double-first-named-artist (DFNA) who taught painting on TV...before Bob Ross...another DFNA.
In my rush to be Larry Contrary I mixed an artist with an inventor...which is great, maybe, if you want the name of the first guy to do a painting of a telephone.
On to round two of 'Craig BUTCHERS famous people's names'.
It irks me that reporters still refer to the Duchess of Cambridge as "Kate Middleton"...and not because I am a rabid monarchist, because I'm not.
I just can't recall the press referring to Princess Di as 'Diana Spencer' after William's mother was married.
So...I commented to @TMZ that her name now was actually Katherine Windsor....which, of course, isn't actually true either.
This branch of the Royal Family used to go by the last name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha....there's a mouthful.
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, has the last name Mountbatten, but that was also changed from Battenberg.
So, Kate's name could be Kate Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, if you think the monarch, even if female, should always retain their name, or Kate Battenberg, if you believe the Queen should take the last name of her husband.
Why did the Royals switch their name to Windsor?
War(s) with Germany, and the inevitable anti-German sentiment that arose in Britain as a result of those wars.
This may seem strange, but I feel better about the mistakes I've made once I correct them.
Embarrassed about making them, but relieved that I'm smart enough to catch them...at least, some of the time.
Uncomplicatedishness and Blinkered PunditryToday I heard a man on television say that the assassinated Mayor of Kandahar had unmatched "courageousness". Um…'courage' would suffice, actually. Then I heard a rapper called Pitbull say he never meant to "defamate" Lyndsay Lohan. Now…I'm familiar with the word 'defecate', but I believe 'defame' is what this wordsmith was trying to say. BTW, I'm not trying to defecate the courageosity of anybody who usifies these words with regularness. I'm just sayalizing that, sometimes, lessness is more. *************************** I have heard some questions and statements about the situation in Libya from News reports from NATO member countries that I find troublesome. First, a lot of attention has been paid to the percentage of Tripoli controlled by the Freedom Fighters. Was it 90%, was it less? I would like to ask these pundits this: How many cities in so-called "civilized" countries are 100% law-abiding and safe? Recent riots in America, Canada, and Brit
Say that again, Ed?"Mitt Romney went on the offensive today, defending himself..." - Ed Schultz on MSNBC 'The Ed Show' What does that even mean? If you are defending yourself wouldn't you just call that being 'on the defensive'? I will say that Ed Schultz was nearly right. Mitt Romney spent today on the defensive because of the offensive things he's been caught saying...again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utsWJJJFLJE
His mother wanted a penis?"His mother wanted a pianist" said the '60 Minutes' correspondent and anchor of CBS NEWS. It sure would have been mortifying for CBS if they had to explain that the mother of Leon Panetta did NOT desire male genitalia.
Scratching the Iceberg"We are just scratching the iceberg" said the Animal Behaviour Scientist on the TV screen. Maybe I'm wrong here, I'm no Rocket Surgeon, but does that also mean they are only seeing the tip of the surface?
So, since I'm critical of the flubs of others, it's only fair to take myself to task.
"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." Napoleon Hill
posted J. Brooke Simmons, or @VirtualCheetah from GreenDoorVirtual.com
"IDK. William Alexander Bell wanted a device to help his deaf wife. I wouldn't exactly call that selfless" I responded
to which she quickly replied " Lol... Always the devils advocate".
Couldn't resist the irony of answering "I disagree.", but did you catch it?
The inventor of the telephone was actually Alexander Graham Bell.
William Alexander was the double-first-named-artist (DFNA) who taught painting on TV...before Bob Ross...another DFNA.
In my rush to be Larry Contrary I mixed an artist with an inventor...which is great, maybe, if you want the name of the first guy to do a painting of a telephone.
On to round two of 'Craig BUTCHERS famous people's names'.
It irks me that reporters still refer to the Duchess of Cambridge as "Kate Middleton"...and not because I am a rabid monarchist, because I'm not.
I just can't recall the press referring to Princess Di as 'Diana Spencer' after William's mother was married.
So...I commented to @TMZ that her name now was actually Katherine Windsor....which, of course, isn't actually true either.
This branch of the Royal Family used to go by the last name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha....there's a mouthful.
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, has the last name Mountbatten, but that was also changed from Battenberg.
So, Kate's name could be Kate Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, if you think the monarch, even if female, should always retain their name, or Kate Battenberg, if you believe the Queen should take the last name of her husband.
Why did the Royals switch their name to Windsor?
War(s) with Germany, and the inevitable anti-German sentiment that arose in Britain as a result of those wars.
This may seem strange, but I feel better about the mistakes I've made once I correct them.
Embarrassed about making them, but relieved that I'm smart enough to catch them...at least, some of the time.
Don't look a Gift-Horse midstreamNever change horses in the mouth. If it ain't broke, make an omelette. If you've got broken eggs, don't fix it. There is no revenge so complete as a dish served cold. Revenge is a dish best served as forgiveness. After reading these hilarious mixed-metaphors the other day http://www.jimcarlton.com/my_favorite_mixed_metaphors.htm I decided to do some maxim-mash-ups myself. Have a nice day, may the force long and prosper. :iconlukeskywalkerplz::iconspockplz:
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