I just wanted to recommend a wonderful blog. www.drexdavis.com. He hasn't updated it in a long time, but still the same, it is pretty good. He has some pretty dang funny things on their. One of my favorite postings was "Einstein does not work at Einstein's Bagels". Check it out.
I'm still holding onto the American Phraseology topic. I have a lot of questions about the evolution of our language. Many like to hold to the ideal that we evolved from apes--going from lesser to greater. Well, if we hold to the evolution theme, and apply it to our language, I'm thinking that we might be able to see a startling foretelling for us humans. I say this because it seems to me that our language--again, hugging tight to the evolution life boat--is ever evolving. It went from nothing, to grunts, to basic words and phrases, to complex speech. However, if you take a deeper look, it appears that our language evolution is an evolutionary parabola. It seems to me that anymore, we are leaving the complexities of language and engaging in greater amounts of grunts and what have you. Which is fine with me, so long as the person taking my food order understands what I'm getting at with my uuuuh, acth, eeee, eacth. My point is, that if our language is de-evolving, or heading back the other way, perhaps that is a sign that we might be headed on the same course. The "Planet of the Apes" may be closer than we think.
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