Surprising Convergence

I find myself wishing that the shooter and the wounded had both been drafted and applied in a forrign land their youthful desire to be vigorously involved.

ISWYDT.

It’s also depressing how many people on both sides now agree that “bicep” should be the singular of the already-singular “biceps.”

The old gram-mar, she ain’t what she used to be many long years a go.

I listened to a John McWhorter Lexicon Valley episode where he talked about singular words that sounded too plural and changed over time. A pea was once a peas, and a bee (as in spelling or quilting) was once a been.

Ah! Hence ‘peas porridge hot’

Capers and cherries, too.

I’ve heard someone mention a ‘hijink’ before

Ha! : )