tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7920632640472244629.post8525364742489636294..comments2024-03-17T18:27:25.540-05:00Comments on At the Starting Gate : I Got the Bluesdellgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620967832227857674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7920632640472244629.post-30685020725081981002009-02-17T12:21:00.000-06:002009-02-17T12:21:00.000-06:00Hmmmm... I happen to really like the color blue bu...Hmmmm... I happen to really like the color blue but you're definitely right that blue often signifies something unpleasant.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7920632640472244629.post-9644984328601302662009-02-16T23:44:00.000-06:002009-02-16T23:44:00.000-06:00Abd yet a blue sky is seen on a sunny day... a gra...Abd yet a blue sky is seen on a sunny day... a gray sky is cloudy. Why aren't we in blue moods when we're perky feel full of sunshine, and why aren't we in a gray mood when out attitude is under a cloud? <BR/><BR/>Our language makes so little sense. The spelling is ridiculous.<BR/>I remember working at an insurance company where one of the casualty claims adjusters would call in license plates like this:<BR/>"That plate is K as in knife, P as in pneumonia, and T as in thrice."<BR/><BR/>Even the word phonetics isn't spelled phonetically. <BR/><BR/>This was a fun read!wispy willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194020052008879681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7920632640472244629.post-68431274028022453752009-02-15T09:41:00.000-06:002009-02-15T09:41:00.000-06:00Glad to see that you are not blue.Glad to see that you are not blue.Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392772375911488097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7920632640472244629.post-86864221205763474332009-02-15T02:34:00.000-06:002009-02-15T02:34:00.000-06:00I love words and wordplay. I studied linguistics i...I love words and wordplay. I studied linguistics in college and found it fascinating how language evolves. Your post today is yet another example of that.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7920632640472244629.post-3927178426526923862009-02-14T23:25:00.000-06:002009-02-14T23:25:00.000-06:00interesting our language and its varied meaningsinteresting our language and its varied meaningsGreat Grandma Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791149428495689835noreply@blogger.com