tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928329029293569316.post206144570581087356..comments2023-11-02T03:51:53.026-04:00Comments on My Hightower Life: Those naughty not-ty prefixesFrank Hightowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10606469104859446044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928329029293569316.post-72240245534287981972010-10-06T00:29:40.600-04:002010-10-06T00:29:40.600-04:00Found a new one yesterday:
"He gave a most im...Found a new one yesterday:<br />"He gave a most impassionate speech. I'm so moved."<br />Taking "im" as a negatory prefix, we have that it was a very boring monologue, making the quote sarcastic. However, impassionate actually means "full of passion"!Frank Hightowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606469104859446044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928329029293569316.post-82774836250978287672010-09-26T20:01:06.865-04:002010-09-26T20:01:06.865-04:00The English language is an evil ploy to confuse pe...The English language is an evil ploy to confuse people. As a kid I remember traveling behind big tanker trucks labeled Inflammable and thinking how safe we were.Binkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679506953039078735noreply@blogger.com