As you probably know by now, I'm
hung up on words and how they sound together. Phrases like "know by
now" for instance. They roll off the tongue with a puff of poetry and a
little alliteration. Ah alliteration, cool combinations of words that start
with similar sounds.
Like saying, "I enjoyed that
novel, the well-wrought and wonderful War and Peace." It's literally a
literary alliteration.
Some words and phrases flow, like a
snowboarder swooshing down a slope, while others completely trip me up. Like a
skateboarder in flip-flops.
Which I saw recently. A young
fellow, iPod buds in ears, a backpack bulging with what appeared to be beer,
swerving his skateboard through streets and sidewalks, all the while wearing
wipe-out inducing flip-flips.
Looked like he was headed for a
flip flop for sure.
Some words just make me wonder. A
while back the spiritualist and psychic Sylvia Browne was appearing in the
area. I'm not sure why she wasted money advertising to me. She should have
known I wasn't coming.
One the things I heard in her ad
was that she was a spiritual teacher. Later in the ad, it said she was giving
two shows. So can a teacher give a show? Isn't it a lecture or an
instructional session?
Lastly, I saw a movie ad recently.
It had two guys in it who were affectionate in a guy, not necessarily a gay,
sense. As if it's necessary to distinguish. In any event, they called the movie
a Bro-mance.
So I'm wondering. Is there an
equivalent term for a movie about women? Because one came out recently with
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy and they called it a female bro-mance.
Which just sounded weird.
So. Sis-mance? Fe-mance?
I solicit your sagacious
suggestions.
America, ya gotta love it.
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