http://novelties.umwblogs.org ...slips, stumbles, and misperceptions. (Title inspired by Gary Dell) Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:46:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was talking to a friend of mine one day when we were having lunch at seacobeck.  He was complaining that there were no more forks, and I wanted to tell him to ask someone at the counter for one.  He was standing up on the other side of the table from ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/25/some-attentions/ I was driving around with my dad over the winter break and the radio was playing "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac.  The chorus of that song is "You'll know."  My dad was singing along and so was I, at least in my head.  At one point I realized that the words that I ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/25/your-nose/ Sometime in February, my friend was planning to go to the library but instead he said, “Bye guys, I’m going to the libary.”  I pointed out, “Don’t you mean library?” And to be smart, he replied, “Yeah, and Valentimes Day is coming up too.” Most people rarely make these mistakes, but when ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/25/alveolars-make-my-friend-want-to-be-lazy/ We were doing book reports in my education class the other night. When one of the presenters was speaking, he meant to say "book as a whole," but he ended up saying "bowl." I thought this was a rather amusing error. He blended four words into one by ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/25/the-bowl-report/ I was hanging out at lunch with my friend Whitney.  She was in the middle of studying for a psychology quiz and was looking up therapies.  Electroshock therapy is an infamous type of therapy and I had mentioned it in my own psychology class earlier in the semester, and so ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/25/thock-sherapy/ We were having our RA Staff Meeting in Marshall Hall earlier in this semester. We were on the topic of nominating someone to commend as an outstanding resident (or something like that). I wanted to nominate a girl named Emilie, but when I opened my mouth, I said "emilate." It was ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/25/fun-with-splicing/ I was talking to a friend as we were walking down campus walk. I can't remember exactly what we were discussing, but I was saying how I needed her to show me something. She replied, "Don't worry. I'll point you in the white direction," instead of "right ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/24/the-white-direction/ First day of classes this semester and I was buying books in the bookstore. I had a problem with the register and they had to return a book that they rung up twice on the register. She was saying "books" so often that she got primed for it ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/24/speech-error-in-the-bookstore/ I was talking with my mom one day a few years ago when I was first learning Arabic. I meant to say "I showed it to my uncle" and ended up saying "I shot my uncle". Arabic past tense adds /to/ as a suffix. Take "ketab" (book) ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/24/mixture-of-grammar-rules-during-production/     I grew up in a family that both encouraged and enforced having eclectic tastes in music. As a result i have became a big fan of a lot of the lesser well known but still very talented bands that my parents listened to. one of my favorite songs is ... http://novelties.umwblogs.org/2008/04/24/im-a-working-man/