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I thought this deserved a post of its own!

For those who need some background information, Abrams’s A Glossary of Literary Terms (7th ed.) says that a “mixed metaphor conjoins two or more obviously diverse metaphorical vehicles. When used inadvertently, without sensitivity to the possible incongruity of the vehicles, the effect can be ludicrous” (98; author’s emphasis).

And that concludes our Sensitivity to the Nuances in Language lessons for today. Lim Swee Say’s sweesayisms, unfortunately, are in a class of their own, and will have to be discussed another day.

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Anyone else remember this commercial from our youth? I used to sing along to it whenever it came on.

People too old for this commercial to have been screened during their youth are still welcome to reminisce about the good ol’ days.

People too young for this commercial – make whale sounds.

Join me in exploring our cetacean heritage.

BONUS: this joke.

…are we now, Mr Stark?

(For the more illiterate among us, this is a scene from Ian McKellen’s Richard III where Robert Downey Jr plays Lord Rivers.)