03 janeiro 2005

CONTAMINANTES

LSSU issues its 30th annual list of banished words from the Queen?s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness
BLOG ? and its variations, including blogger, blogged, blogging, blogosphere. Many who nominated it were unsure of the meaning. Sounds like something your mother would slap you for saying.
?Sounds like a Viking?s drink that?s better than grog, or a technique to kill a frog.? Teri Vaughn, Anaheim, Calif.
?Maybe it?s something that would be stuck in my toilet.? ? Adrian Whittaker, Dundalk, Ontario. ?I think the words ?journal? and ?diary? need to come back.? ? T. J. Allen, Shreveport, La.