I’ve only peripherally been paying attention to this issue that came about when Amazon released the new Kindle 2 with a “read aloud” text-to-speech feature. I read Neil Gaiman’s and Wil Wheaton’s blogs and Twitters about the subject and think … Continue reading
So as much as I wanted to just hermit myself in the hotel room Sunday I just couldn’t see spending the entire day holed up like a prisoner. To begin with, I woke up earlier than I intended because of … Continue reading
No child left behind except…the author of this sign. I’m trying to accept that, but… Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in … Continue reading
Here’s a guy who is having problems with a certain homonym. It’s that, or he thinks this storm stinks with a strong aromatic odor. Even so, I’m wondering where this newspaper’s editor was in all this. Perhaps he was away … Continue reading
If you’re reading this in the morning, please don’t read too loud as hopefully I’m still sleeping in on my first day off after 2 weeks and 144 hours of work. Thanks. Zzzzzzzz. On a daily basis, when I am … Continue reading
My friend, Mary Ann de Stefano of MAD About Words, Twittered earlier this evening about a really cool site called Save The Words and I thought I’d share it with you. The basis of Save The Words is that every … Continue reading
Twice this week I’ve read the phrase “That’s not my strong suite” on two different websites. It made me cringe. And it made me scratch my head. The correct phrase, of course, is “not my strong SUIT” (soot) not suite … Continue reading
My friend Michelle Twittered me this little spelling jewel from a feed she gets; “not that I’m byast, but you should stay at MGM Grand” That arrived almost at the same time that an RSS feed showed up in my … Continue reading
Have it your way, even if it’s misspelled. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your RSS reader, the site you are … Continue reading
Lake Superior State University has issued their 34th Annual “List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.” Thanks to my friend Rebecca for passing this link along to me. Here’s the list. … Continue reading
No matter what you are writing, no matter what your political views…correct spelling is ALWAYS important! Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material … Continue reading
The order in which writers and editors place words is of paramount importance. That’s something I’ve been taught by English and journalism teachers as far back as junior high school and by writing instructors and editors over the years. Word … Continue reading
National Fire Prevention Week will be observed from October 5th through the 11th. This year’s theme is “Prevent Home Fires.” Each year, fire departments across the country respond to over 400,000 residential fires. Annually more than 3500 people die from … Continue reading
Today is National Punctuation Day and I thank the grammar gods for it. You should too! Otherwise, there would be many times that the true meaning of our words would be obscured or confused. Take a punctuation mark to lunch … Continue reading
A small suburb of Cedar Falls has had a problem with vandalism at their local skateboard park, so the park was closed and this sign was erected. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for … Continue reading
Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson pleaded guilty August 11th to using a marker and liquid white-out to correct a sign in the Grand Canyon National Park that was filled with grammatical and spelling errors. They were fined $3,035 for repair … Continue reading
I walked into our conference room this morning for a manager’s meeting and was able to start my day off with a laugh. During an earlier meeting by another group, the whiteboard had been utilized to communicate a series of … Continue reading
Sitting in a conference call the other day and I heard someone giving a report from the field. That in itself is not unusual, but one of his statements was when, without a hint that he was anything but serious, … Continue reading
Like many of you, I’m a voracious reader. Many times, I’ll read a book and think I’d like to read something else by the author. With sites like Amazon or the author’s own presence on the web, it’s fairly easy … Continue reading
Today, March 14, 2008, is Pi Day, celebrated by lovers of math and numbers each year on 3.14 in honor of Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. More about it here. As The Rock … Continue reading
