My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Motives, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

December 16, 2011 with 23 notes
        tags: Grammar. SNOOT.
truncatedview: Thank Ch—-t someone else is bothered by “I could care less.”

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Thank Ch—-t someone else is bothered by “I could care less.”

  1. drtibbs reblogged this from truncatedview and added:
    Number 4, FUCKING A! It bothers me so much when people mix these words up.
  2. lil-miss-choc reblogged this from theholyranga and added:
    One addition to this: “effect” can be a verb. “What kind of changes has he effected in his time here?” - ie to bring...
  3. theholyranga reblogged this from hanaphylactic and added:
    For those less gifted in the art of using appropriate grammar, let’s exapand on these… Self explanatory. Apostrophes are...
  4. uneamesoeur reblogged this from myartisticnature
  5. deliriumdecadence reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet
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  8. perstephsanscouronne reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet and added:
    #7. How are people misusing the verb “nonplus”?
  9. celila reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet
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  11. amaulthea reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet and added:
    people who care about this stuff need to get over themselves. Yes you’re a book and or literature snob, we get it. just...
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  14. n3cr0phelia reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet and added:
    Although “affect” is actually also a noun… As in “The patient displays flat affect.”
  15. moneyissues reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet
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  18. thismissluvshistoryblogspot reblogged this from my-ear-trumpet and added:
    11. Woman is singular, women is plural. I’ve seen a lot of mixing up of the two lately and it’s really annoying - She...
  19. my-ear-trumpet reblogged this from truncatedview
  20. truncatedview reblogged this from stelbailey and added:
    Thank Christ someone else is bothered by “I could care less.”
 

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