Category Archives: Language

Question & Answer

Posted on November 17, 2015 by sputterpub

A question begs an answer, or it dies an awkward conversational demise, but all that questions hunt for are replies – if honesty’s the object, they forgot. I somehow missed the evidence my eyes and ears amassed between the ‘hi’s … Continue reading →

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Language

Posted on February 14, 2014 by sputterpub

A phrase released can never be unsaid – it radiates from out the mouth and mind, and particles of sense insert, instead, the bits the sayer might have held behind if thought and strategy preceded tongue and magic were detected … Continue reading →

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Polly Perverse

Posted on February 10, 2014 by sputterpub

My daughter doesn’t want a poem to rhyme, and meter makes her chant the words she reads. She longs to tune atonally, and time her syllables to sanguinary needs. She listens for the shock of the profane, the punch perverse, … Continue reading →

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Base Two

Posted on January 2, 2014 by sputterpub

If how we use our brains creates neural pathways that in turn permit how we use our brains, then perhaps how we use our communication devices creates avenues that govern our relationships with our communicators. Ancient Greek had a dual … Continue reading →

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Dilemma

Posted on November 29, 2013 by sputterpub

Disintegrate the symbol from the man and disengage the woman from her theme. Attempt to break the linkage if you can of thought to word to pan-humanic dream. At first of all, we read there was the word, so language … Continue reading →

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Goose Summer

Posted on April 9, 2013 by sputterpub

I looked up “gossamer” some years ago, and I was charmed. But when I prepared to post a piece with that title recently, and searched for a picture on Google Images, no geese came up. I could feel the original … Continue reading →

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Rehab

Posted on April 2, 2013 by sputterpub

I know some folks who want to rehabilitate the swastika. That’s what they say and I love them, so I believe it. Frankly, I think their goal is more futile than attempting to stop the evolution of language or the … Continue reading →

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Ob(li)vious

Posted on November 21, 2012 by sputterpub

Sometimes a thing will jump out at you, fresh, and let you see it like you never did before. It’s usually a fortunate occurrence, and with me it happens most often regarding words. Maybe that’s just because I pay so … Continue reading →

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Synthetic Plastics

Posted on February 1, 2012 by sputterpub

I know, I know. I’ve even said it myself: complaining about language change is as boring as nostalgia and as useless as confessing you’re insecure; it should be taken to the privacy of your room. Even so, now and then, … Continue reading →

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Hypochondriac

Posted on January 18, 2012 by sputterpub

I looked it up today. I knew the “hypo” meant low but I didn’t have a clue about chondria until I googled around. Khondrios is cartilage, specifically that around the breastbone. Originally, hypochondria referred to a pain in the high … Continue reading →

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