FLYING FIRST CLASS
The fastest way to tell that FIRST CLASS is about 100000x better than economy class – the food. Sometimes, when I’m really really really bored, I look at this website: http://www.airlinemeals.net/ and it is fascinating to see what goes on up there in FIRST CLASS (I myself have flown FIRST CLASS before – on a domestic flight – and also BUSINESS CLASS, internationally)…. I didn’t pay for either, which made the experience that much better!
IRONIC
Lately, I’ve read many wrong usages of the word “ironic” and so I thought – maybe it’s not wrong after all.. but looking at dictionary.com, I was happy to discover that my instincts were correct – ironic! (just kidding)
Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply “coincidental” or “improbable,” in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly. Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in the sentence In 1969 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. Some Panelists noted that this particular usage might be acceptable if Susie had in fact moved to California in order to find a husband, in which case the story could be taken as exemplifying the folly of supposing that we can know what fate has in store for us. By contrast, 73 percent accepted the sentence Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.
SCRABBLE DICTIONARY
If you are an avid scrabble player, I advise you to buy this dictionary. My scrabble buddies and I have found that if we “make up” a word that sounds correct, miraculous, 9 of 10 times, that word will be in the Scrabble dictionary! Ironic!
