Thoughts for the Day

[davidn]

Thought the First: Judging by the words in the "most used" list on RhymeZone, the people who use it write really awful songs. Oh, wait.

Thought the Second: Why do people say "could care less" when the phrase is "couldn't care less"? The meanings are rather opposite.

Thought the Third: ",,,vnck.hrgpbanvjrm" is the result when you try and get to Livejournal with your keyboard still set on Dvorak.

Unfortunately, so far the only effect that Dvorak has had on my typing is making me want to do as little of it as possible - the frustation of seeing your speed decreased to 19 words per minute (and this is just using half the home row) is difficult to get over. Perhaps I'll have more luck on a rearranged keyboard, though - at the moment I'm just typing blindly on to a QWERTY one.

Comments

[kingradix.livejournal.com]

Second answer: Because people don't think when they speak. Same with "decimate" or "the exception that proves the rule." Common usage doesn't make any sense, and everyone's oblivious.

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

To be fair, the usage in of the word "proves" in the phrase "the exception that proves the rule" comes from the fact that 'prove' used to also mean 'test'. That makes that proverb and the expression "the proving ground" make much more sense.

I have a very odd knowledge, one that you could almost call wikipedic, in that there's loads of information on useless things. Even though wikipedia isn't really like that anymore.

[kingradix.livejournal.com]

I know what it means. The point is that that the common usage is the opposite of its meaning.

[tweeasfuck.livejournal.com]

On the second one: because they are fucking idiots.

[davidn]

I think I like that answer better.