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=== 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 === | === Benjamin Peirce === | ||
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
Key Angelic Mynah
"Key Angelic Mynah" is an anagram of "Kayleigh McEnany".