The English poet William Wordsworth may have been the first to come up with the puzzling proposition: “The child is […]
Month: October 2004
Reflexives have ways of confusing language
After an exhausting day of removing paneling in the new room to our house, in order to install bats and […]
‘I didn’t know it was loaded’ Becoming quite common excuse
In 1957, some 70 of us National Guardsmen with what used to be called the 515th anti-aircraft artillery unit in […]
Bus driver was nailed by bratty kids’ pranks
The Optic’s 125th anniversary observance recently was a great opportunity to see acquaintances of yesteryear. It was great to […]