Language Archives - Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University. Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:44:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Feeling Cheery? Have Some Meat Juice! https://www.scottbradford.us/2008/07/19/feeling-cheery-have-some-meat-juice/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:05:02 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=1336 Melissa and I had dinner last night at a nearby Thai restaurant that we enjoy, and had to have a laugh at the drink menu. In fact, I just submitted this photo to the ever-hilarious English Fail Blog. I can’t decide which part I find more humorous: the twice-misspelled word ‘cherry’ (printed as ‘cheery’) or—the […]

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]]> Millions of Commas Found in AP Basement https://www.scottbradford.us/2003/10/09/millions-of-commas-found-in-ap-basement/ Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:14:32 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/2003/10/09/millions-of-commas-found-in-ap-basement/ Millions of displaced, possibly illegally hoarded commas were found on Tuesday during a routine inspection of the Associated Press building in New York, Off on a Tangent has learned. The commas were stored dangerously in cardboard boxes in a locked, underground room. This surprise find exposes the AP to increased scrutiny in the midst of […]

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]]> Nine Letters Killed in French Language Implosion https://www.scottbradford.us/2003/06/21/nine-letters-killed-in-french-language-implosion/ Sun, 22 Jun 2003 00:13:39 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/2003/06/21/nine-letters-killed-in-french-language-implosion/ Nine letters were killed and as many as thirty injured—some in languages as far away as Russian and the central African dialects—in a massive implosion of the French language on Friday, according to the European Union Commission on Language Studies. The EUCLS released a preliminary report today which estimates the implosion epicenter is only fifty […]

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]]> A Rhyming Analytical Contrast of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales https://www.scottbradford.us/2000/06/01/a-rhyming-analytical-contrast-of-chaucers-canterbury-tales/ Fri, 02 Jun 2000 00:07:48 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/2000/06/01/a-rhyming-analytical-contrast-of-chaucers-canterbury-tales/ (Written for Mrs. Deeberry’s English 12AS class at Liberty High School.) In a contrasting analysis of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” and as well, “The Pardoners Tale,” One finds that they differ in many ways, They are different types of tales, I say. As well the characters differ quite much, And the stories […]

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