Tag: humor
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There is no ass to Rick — and four other symbols you mispronounce
As an interpreter, I go to many places where people call typographical symbols by the wrong names. It irks me, but I can’t say anything about it while I’m interpreting, so please hear me now as I correct some common errors. @ This is an at sign, a.k.a. at symbol or simply at when spoken in an email…
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Andy & me at my masters graduation ceremony
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I am well-formed of intensity
I am well-formed of intensity, so that it cheers honey. I am near your region. I am charming. [hyperlink here] My pics there would have to partake of the form and material of the latter. — A peculiarly poetic email in my Spam folder today
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I’m rich! I’m richer than all this new Hollywood trash!
I’m rich! I’m richer than all this new Hollywood trash! I’ve got a million dollars. Own three blocks downtown, I’ve got oil in Bakersfield, pumping, pumping, pumping! Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard
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I may have seen better days…
I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut. Bette Davis in All About Eve