When did “around” replace “regarding” or “with respect to”? And when did “to where” replace “so that” or “in order to”?
Examples:
“Remind me what you were saying around the quarterly report.”
“There’s no forest so big to where they won’t find you.”
Really? We can’t do any better than this?
I have lived all 35 of my years in Limestone County/Athens, Alabama. I never remember having snow on Christmas. The most we hope for around here is a wet Christmas, but never a white Christmas. Really, for most of us around here, “just like the ones I used to know,” is simply a bald-faced lie.
Well in outright protest against history, we awoke this morning to this:
Early morning snowfall
Snow-covered well
White Christmas on the front porch
Snowy swing set
We Southerners hardly know what to do with ourselves.
(Update: Evidently I have forgotten that we had snow on Christmas in 1989. Nevertheless, it was nothing like this.)
A decade ago this evening at about ten minutes after seven o’clock, I said, “I will.”
I still do.
Luv you, Dearest.
My inconsistency has no bearing on your obligation.
Our two-year-old has finally begun to talk and build a vocabulary. Folks who know about this kind of thing tell me that the American English R is one of the most difficult sounds for kids to learn to enunciate.
As you can imagine then, Whitby has a difficult time pronouncing his older sister’s name, Arden. So he pronounces it “Hannah.” A natural and logical approximation, I’m sure you’ll agree.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord. —Proverbs 18:22 (NKJV)
Hmm. Never says that about husbands. Coincidence?
You have, for the last time, heard him say, with that trademark crack of a chuckle in his voice, “Paul Harvey … Good day!”
Good night, Mr. Harvey.
It’s just hilarious to me what other people search on, and the suggestion technology at search engines like Google and Ask provide a glimpse of that—a small window into the average netizen’s mind—as well as some light entertainment:
Suggestions at Ask.com for "what is"
Am I the only one who finds it humorous that the guy who ran a 25-year, $50 billion Ponzi scheme pronounces his last name “made off?”
My condolences go out to all of our competitors. I’m sure there were several in the running, but I’m afraid the contest is closed. In fact, I didn’t even know there was a contest until my three-year-old daughter proclaimed to my wife and me, “We’re the best family ever!”
I’d like to thank the Academy, Mom & Dad, my wife, …