tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post1784100072473746623..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: Reliable Triple Crownbethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-66541853720916351302008-05-26T10:33:00.000-05:002008-05-26T10:33:00.000-05:00Maybe they're just quoting the critics, as inUSA T...Maybe they're just quoting the critics, as in<BR/><BR/><I>USA Today says "HIGH TECH"</I>The Science Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497373296651049624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-48642342552985570222008-05-23T18:39:00.000-05:002008-05-23T18:39:00.000-05:00In the small town I grew up in, there was a restau...In the small town I grew up in, there was a restaurant that purported to serve Italian cuisine, and promised "wine" as a component of one of their dishes. I still have no idea what the hell they meant by that.<BR/><BR/>Also: most alarm clocks I've ever bought in my life have a pretty solemn warning against the "new component odor" that will accompany their product when fresh out of the box. That makes it seem like "new component odor" is a colloquialism, and is the sort of slang used by the roughnecks down at the corner bar.<BR/><BR/>More to come.rich bachelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273482345189891431noreply@blogger.com