Ok so this was subtitled "Just a little bit of entomology..." Which was the first error, should read "Just a little bit of ETYMOLOGY..." So I rewrote this using CAPITALS to replace the errors. Check it out below:
ACYROLOGIA
An incorrect use of words - PARTICULARLY replacing one word with another word that sounds similar but has a DIFFERENT meaning - possibly fueled by a DEEP-SEATED desire to sound more educated, WHICH results in an attempt to pawn off an incorrect word in place of a correct one. In academia, such FLOUTING of common social MORES is seen as almost SORDID and might result in the offender becoming a PARIAH, in the MUNDANE world, after all is SAID AND DONE, such a MINOR ERROR will often leave normal people UNFAZED. This is just as well SINCE people of that ILK are unlikely to tow the line REGARDLESS of any attempt to better educate them. A small percentage, however, suffer from severe acyrologiaphobia, and it is their UTMOST desire to see English used properly. Exposure may cause them symptoms that may resemble POST-TRAUMATIC stress disorder and, eventually descend into FULL SCALE outrage as they go STARK RAVING mad. Eventually, they will succumb to the SLINGS AND ARROWS of such a barrage, and suffer a complete MENTAL breakdown, leaving them curled up in the FETAL position.
Let me know what you think...
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Tow the line --- toe the line
ReplyDeleteThank you @Girl Interrupted, I missed that one. :)
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