tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post3511019764883416060..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: who knows how old it isbethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-43132788847651485412008-05-07T16:48:00.000-05:002008-05-07T16:48:00.000-05:00Excellent point, Hissyfit!Um, excellent point, Bet...Excellent point, Hissyfit!<BR/><BR/>Um, excellent point, Bethany as well. I did that one time during an English class my freshman year of college. Going for a wow home run, I got out my handy Thesaurus and replaced all the non-fancy words with humdingers! It was a superfluous masterpiece! Needless to say, I didn't get the best grade. And the prof told me to run back to my dorm room and burn Roget. (Sniff.)Kritter Krithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00909281895847078917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-50789454136578400672008-05-07T08:45:00.000-05:002008-05-07T08:45:00.000-05:00um, I don't think those are correct uses of the wo...um, I don't think those are correct uses of the words "sobriquet" or "milieu". Nice try though. It's also twice as many fancy words as I believe is acceptable in a non-academic sentence. But that's a style preference.bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-10701610467861311022008-05-07T07:17:00.000-05:002008-05-07T07:17:00.000-05:00How do you maintain a day-old bakery? Keep shuttin...How do you maintain a day-old bakery? Keep shutting down and opening up somewhere else? It doesn't sound very profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-57726722043002019422008-05-06T20:28:00.000-05:002008-05-06T20:28:00.000-05:00Maybe it is not fresh, but not necessarily exactly...Maybe it is not fresh, but not necessarily exactly one (1) day old, so the sobriquet evokes the "day-old" milieu.Richard C Havenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059190792567198390noreply@blogger.com