Tuesday, December 15, 2009

This is Santa

I really enjoyed those little snapshots of the commenters' lives - thank you so much for them. A sort of Comment-Twitter.

From a student, discussing a writer's style : "The writer uses a long list to emphifly the dangers of overeating."

"Emphifly" is a good word, don't you think? Sort of a mixture between "emphasise" and "exemplify", maybe? By the look of him, my Santa is a fine emphiflication of the dangers of too many mince pies.

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  1. That's a bit hard to say, let alone to think! From what strange, weird and wonderful subconscious did that one float up?

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  2. Hahaha. Maybe your student has a little lisp? Love those student comments!!!

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  3. Priceless word! I will have to try to use it.

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  4. Aw, now you've gone and embarrassed him! :) His cheeks are all red! :)

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  5. Tonight I received an email which had some of the best 'howlers' I've heard (outside of your blog, that is). I wish I could email them to you!!

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  6. Judging by those cheeks and that nose, he likes a nice glass of port too. (Who doesn't?)
    And yes, emphifly is a great word. Impeculate, you might say!

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  7. I like that word - but would probably have difficulty spelling it! It should definitely make its way into a dictionary...

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