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== Diary ==
== Diary ==
=== Odd contractions ===
Is there a word or a phrase that describes the linguistic condition where the use of a contraction in a phrase makes sense and sounds normal, yet replacing the contraction with the root words somehow sounds very odd.
* "Don't you dare” vs. “Do not you dare”
* "Won't you come with me?" vs. “Will not you come with me?”
* "Shouldn't you be doing something else right now?" vs. “Should not you be doing something else right now?”
* "Can't you just listen?" vs. “Can not you just listen?”
—[[Dennis Paulson (nonfiction)|Dennis Paulson]] - email to [[myself]]
=== Donald Trump is a sick old man ===
Trump was never self-reflective, never an intellectual of any kind. He was a self-indulgent rich party boy.
Then he got older, and age, perhaps exacerbated by self-indulgence, took its natural toll of his physical and mental health.
Then he was elected to the Presidency — a job notorious for crushing the health and spirit of the strongest of men and women.
Donald Trump is now a sick old man, half senile, half living a fantasy scripted by his handlers.
Weep for America. It has come to this.
=== Benjamin Peirce ===
[[File:Benjamin Peirce on mathematics.jpg|link=Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|thumb|"Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions." ([[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]].]]
[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]
=== Key Angelic Mynah ===
[[File:Key Angelic Mynah.jpg|thumb|link=Key Angelic Mynah (nonfiction)|[[Key Angelic Mynah (nonfiction)|Key Angelic Mynah]].]]
"[[Key Angelic Mynah (nonfiction)|Key Angelic Mynah]]" is an anagram of "Kayleigh McEnany".


== In the News ==
== In the News ==

Latest revision as of 06:59, 19 December 2020

Online diary of Karl Jones for Tuesday October 6, 2020.

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Diary

Odd contractions

Is there a word or a phrase that describes the linguistic condition where the use of a contraction in a phrase makes sense and sounds normal, yet replacing the contraction with the root words somehow sounds very odd.

  • "Don't you dare” vs. “Do not you dare”
  • "Won't you come with me?" vs. “Will not you come with me?”
  • "Shouldn't you be doing something else right now?" vs. “Should not you be doing something else right now?”
  • "Can't you just listen?" vs. “Can not you just listen?”

Dennis Paulson - email to myself

Donald Trump is a sick old man

Trump was never self-reflective, never an intellectual of any kind. He was a self-indulgent rich party boy.

Then he got older, and age, perhaps exacerbated by self-indulgence, took its natural toll of his physical and mental health.

Then he was elected to the Presidency — a job notorious for crushing the health and spirit of the strongest of men and women.

Donald Trump is now a sick old man, half senile, half living a fantasy scripted by his handlers.

Weep for America. It has come to this.

Benjamin Peirce

"Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions." (Benjamin Peirce.

Benjamin Peirce

Key Angelic Mynah

"Key Angelic Mynah" is an anagram of "Kayleigh McEnany".

In the News

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