I dunno how many times I’ve seen the following on t-shirts, TV shows, or ANYWHERE, really:
GRΣΣK
And we’re all supposed to chuckle because we see letters which are clearly not capital “E” but still bear a passing resemblance. I guess it’s also supposed to reinforce the Greek-ness (Greekiness?) of something, too, whether a fraternity t-shirt [...]
Category Archives: Language
Pet Peeve: Σ Abuse
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Schlock
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I couldn’t help noticing, as I typed my last entry, that the word “schlock” wasn’t picked up by the Firefox spell checker. I was surprised as I’d always thought this was a nonsense word - but as is often the case, I was totally wrong.
Here’s what Webster has to say:
Main Entry:
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