General abuse of the English languge

[Lieutenant Kije]

Or channel the anger into productive energy and use it to devise a plot for world domination, and then have the grammato-apathetic heathens all lobotomized.  Then everyone will be terrorized into learning and using Fuzzyphile communication.  

[EUOL]

Fuzzy, I just think you're taking people's reading skills for granite.  

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

my geology professor always told me not to take schist for granite.

[House of Mustard]

And I'm sure your geology professor thought that was really funny.

[JP Dogberry]

I hate bat puns, and those puns are offal.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

a trifle forced, but you get points for effort.
However, I bet my half-baked bread puns will get a rise out of you.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Or will my pun make a stunning impression on you?

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Oh my cod! That pun had no Sole or Porpoise.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

no one commented on my "deep-seeded"

Today I learned that "moreso" is not a word. I was very very surprised. It's not even discussed in my usage dictionary!

It's got a 5% hit ratio on google, but many of the "more so" hits I would not replace with "moreso."

[fuzzyoctopus]

no one commented on my "deep-seeded"

But I noticed it.

I was immensely surprised when I learned that "getting your just deserts" uses the word deserts instead of desserts.

I just want to know WHY.

[stacer]

You found it in the dictionary as "deserts"? I want to know why, too. Maybe it has to do with the meaning of "desert" as in an army deserter?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Meaning  
   The receipt of a fair punishment for ills you have created.  
Origin
   Note the single s in deserts. It is more often given with two as it is pronounced like desserts (the sweet course at the end of a meal) rather than deserts (arid sandy regions). The word originates from the French deservir, meaning deserves - hence the spelling.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/213400.html

[Spriggan]

I shall Quaff you like a Bug!

[fuzzyoctopus]

One can blame a lot on the French.

[Spriggan]

Like SE not wearing any pants.

Sorry wrong thread.