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Everything You Know About English Is Wrong » That pretty much sums it up — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:37:29 +0000

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By: Bill Brohaugh

Bill Brohaugh — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:08:02 +0000

Karen is humble in that she suggested the shortening to "Handier," but only after I told her that her original quote was about to be blog-quoted. Which is a new word, too. Regarding the question, I'd vote for pointer-outer, which seems to be the spelling that Chaucer didn't use, but because he used that spelling equally less than pointerouter, I believe it would have been his choice as well.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:01:21 +0000

Wow — to be quoted by the author of “Everything You Know About English is Wrong” (available at Amazon and eligible for free Super Saver Shipping — hurry, only 1 left in stock). I can barely control myself from launching into a series of unrestrained emoticons. (Pinky finger, move away from the parentheses.)

And being the consummate Wrong English Pointer Outer and Write Tight Wordistician, he kindly corrected my grammar before posting and shaved one word from the quote in the process [you should be proud of me for not saying, "shaved off," as one does not shave on. See? I told you I read your books. Scandalmonger was a hoot!].

The original quote was, “Why, you’re more handy than …,” which, I suppose, implies a different kind of “handy,” although probably still tangentially applicable to the topic of toilet paper.

P.S. Hmm. Is “Pointer Outer” correct? Would it be Pointer-outer? Pointerouter? One who out points?

By: JohnnyB

JohnnyB — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:43:17 +0000

have you seen the Smugopedia?
http://www.smugopedia.com/