Something You Should Know: Part 1

Just thinking about some things while working yesterday. Have you ever heard someone say something that you knew was wrong or heard a person use a word incorrectly and just didn't have the heart to say something about it? I almost get embarrassed FOR those people. Not that they are necessarily dumb, it's just that they have went their entire lives with everyone just nodding and not saying a thing to them when they so blatantly bungle up a word, phrase, or fact.

So, here is part one (not sure there will be a part two, so we'll see) of a list of things that you should know. Even if it's just to start a conversation (or to keep a dying one going).

• It's lose, not loose. The Yankees did not "loose" a game. Cubs lose, Cubs lose!!!!
• The water on the west side of our continent is the Pacific Ocean. Not the "specific" ocean.
• Charlie Chaplin once came in third in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest. Just a fun fact for you.
• The most commonly misspelled word on internet search engines is "restaurant". So if you need to write that word on a job application or resume', make sure you have it right.
• Karl Marx was not the "lost" brother. He was no close relation to Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, Gummo, or Groucho.
• The word is "especially" not "expecially" or "ecspecially". That's a common mistake and a dead give away that you have not gotten a grip on the language yet.
• Benjamin Franklin was not a president.
• You can't get a cold from getting wet or being cold.
• Finally, chickens really don't make good house pets. I think the reasons are obvious.

And as someone very famous said once (or thousands of times) ".....good day."

"...baby learns to crawl, watching daddy's skin.."

"Baby Learns To Crawl"---Paul Westerberg