Misheard words make mud pies of meaning. I think we all experience that. We all know that feeling of having been misusing a word for ages, and then finding out what the Continue Reading →
There are more French words to trip us up than just the infamous pompon, (NEVER “pom-pom” or “pompom” or “Pom Pom”. Really. Never.) I have already written about that one. There are Continue Reading →
There are so many times when I am scouring eBay for supplies and I can’t find what I need. A quick trip through my misheard word list will sometimes pay off. Continue Reading →
Yet another installation of my favorite misused/misheard words, or in the vernacular, “get off my lawn!” I’d worry that my linguist friends would be correct, and these two misheard and misused Continue Reading →
In some textile circles, people throw around the word “pom-pom” (sometimes without the hyphen, as pom pom, or even pompom), like it means that fluffy ball at the top of Continue Reading →