Posted by: tpsky on: November 27, 2006
There is this email that has been circulating. It lists 25 funniest analogies/metaphors collected from (supposedly) actual high school essays. (Many commenters of this blog believed they were actually purposely crafted by established writers, and not simple misuse of English language by high school students.)
Well, I have one bad paragraph of my own:
Seth [...]
Posted by: tpsky on: November 27, 2006
“Bye Bye,” my 19-month-old daughter M waved her hand. (Translation: Go hide so I can find you.)
“Bye Bye,” My husband and I enthusiastically waved back as we continued to sit around the kitchen table chatting.
“Bye Bye! Bye Bye!” Her voice now had an elevated urgency.
I looked at her smiling.
“Bye Bye,” she [...]
Posted by: tpsky on: November 27, 2006
I think we’re inherently materialistic. It’s simple. You can’t see or hear or touch what people are thinking. But when you see food, you know it’s meant to be eaten.
My daughter is 19-month-old (okay, almost 20-month-old), and she’s obsessed about shoes. (Dom’t look at me. I wear a pair of simple [...]
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