Here's how my year started;
10AM, I was given a short grammar lesson by my editor. I was minding my own business working on my latest restaurant review in between the "black eyed peas" post and more importantly, trying to finish my audition for the "food reviewer" job at AZ.central.com when he called to interrupt. Like a good pupil I tell him I am writing and so he launches into today's tirade. He is perturbed by the sudden improper usage around the bloggasphere of "Articles" in speech, ie: a; an, used to introduce a noun. According to him most folks are making grossly improper introductions and it's really grating on his nerves. He makes me nervous. I hate when he reads ANYTHING I have written, including my grocery list. So what if I needed a apple? I take his advice with an grain of salt and hang up on him. As if grammar is my lesson of the day, I stumble on a article by the Associated Press listing words to ban from your vocabulary. I will not be accused of being grammatically incorrect in 2008 so here is the list of words that will not appear in any of my writings this year.
2008's List of `banned' Words and phrases By Lake Superior State University's
_ perfect storm
_ Webinar
_ waterboarding
_ organic
_ wordsmith/wordsmithing
_ author/authored
_ post 9/11
_ surge
_ give back
_ `blank' is the new `blank'
_ Black Friday
_ back in the day
_ random
_ sweet
_ decimate
_ emotional
_ pop
_ It is what it is
_ under the bus
Organic? Really? I am happy to be able to "give back" to my audience. You can now consider yourself in the know.
Sweet................
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