Nude

This is another one of those English language rants...which is strange because my parents thought my English was mediocre, and my spelling even worse. They'd be shocked to see that now I have quite a strong opinion on the subject. It is strange that as I grow older I find myself shocked by the grammar and word usage of professional journalists. I think it has a lot to do with my experience with the difference between UK and US English.

Nude and naked!

In the largely unknown and nonexistent Dr C Dictionary of terms, rants and pet peeves "nude" is a noun and "naked" an adjective. Well, that is how I believe the two words should be used.

It annoys me when I hear of people talking about a nude body, meaning a body with no clothes....It's a naked body, as in "neckid as a jaybird!"

I found this wonderful Webpage;
A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. http://cgd.best.vwh.net/home/naturism/wnl-0102.htm


On another note, I got my SPAM filter working...geeze, I was filterless for a month. There's a lot of SPAM and crap out there. Luckily I don't have to look at it anymore :-)

The World's Shortest Fairytale

Every now and then I get an e-mail that just tickles me.

The World's Shortest Fairytale
Once upon a time, a girl asked a guy, "Will you marry me?" The guy said "No" and the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, drank martinis with friends, always had a clean house, never had to cook, had a closet full of shoes and handbags, stayed skinny, and was never farted on.
The End