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Bush mispronounces Nevada in first presidential visit C'mon...if you can't nail him with the left's nonsense concerning 'big issues', this won't do it. The Associated Press The San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday, November

The canonical example is "All goods not on sale", which I gather is standard in Leftpondia, but makes Rightpondians wonder about the shopkeeper's mental state. I thought what's going on there is that "on sale" has a

For "them things", what he's talking about is the things ... it's possible that (Twain's disclaimer notwithstanding), it's just a goof. It's also possible that it's not Twain's goof, if goof it be, but a later

The canonical example is "All goods not on sale", which I gather is standard in Leftpondia, but makes Rightpondians wonder about the shopkeeper's mental state. I thought what's going on there is that "on sale" has a

I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated? Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that "to blow smoke" has meant "to confuse, to mystify through speech,"

"Legislation will be brought forward to reform the House of Lords. This will remove hereditary peers and establish an independent appointments commission to select non-party members of the Upper House." from the Queen's Speech,

I'm thinking it means being evasive, or disingenuous. Does anyone know where this strange phrase originated? Cassell's Dictionary of Slang says that "to blow smoke" has meant "to confuse, to mystify through speech,"

Mark Twain has Huck Finn use "them people" in *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.* Huck doesn't say "those people" anywhere ... an emphatic form. It's possible that in using "those things," Twain made an