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Oct 31

Daylight Saving Time is the proper term

Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2009 in Incorrect word usage, Pronunciation, Time

It is incorrect to use savings in the description.

Here is a portion of the history taken from the U. S. Naval Observatory site. It should be very accurate since “[they are] charged with maintaining the DoD reference for Precise Time and Time Interval.” … Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. … Beginning in 2007, daylight time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

This is the link if you would like to read the complete history.

Oct 30

The boar bore a great resemblence to a…

Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

boar, bore
boar mean a male hog
bore means to make a hole through something

board, bored
board means a piece of lumber
bored means uninterested

boarder, border
boarder means someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house
border means the outer edge of something

Oct 29

He blew his nose until he was blue

Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

bite, byte, bight
bite means to clamp in the teeth
byte means a series of bits on a computer
bight means a loop in a rope

blew, blue
blew is the past tense of blow
blue is a color

bloc, block
bloc means a group of voters sharing common goals
block means a cube shaped piece of wood

Oct 28

The squirrel will bury the berry

Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage
berry, bury
berry means a fruit on a bush
bury means to place something undergrouns

berth, birth
berth means a place where a ship is docked
birth means to be born

billed, build
billed means that you charged someone for a product or service
build means to construct something

Oct 27

The belle of the ball rang the bell

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

beat, beet
beat means a pulsation or throb
beet means a red root vegetable

beau, bow
beau means boyfriend
bow means a weapon that shoots arrows

bell, belle
bell means a metallic inverted cup that resonates when struck
belle means an attractive woman

Oct 26

The Middle Eastern bazaar was bizarre

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 in Capitalization, Incorrect word usage

bazaar, bizarre
bazaar means a marketplace
bizarre means strangely unconventional

be, bee
be means to exist
bee means an insect

beach, beech
beach means a sandy shore
beech means a type of tree

Oct 25

Where has my blog admin gone?

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

I was unable to access my blog admin this day. Frustrating!

Oct 24

Unfortunately, the baron was barren

Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

baron, barren
baron means a male ruler
barren means of poor fertility

base, bass
base means a foundation
bass means a low-pitched sound

bases, basis
bases means multiple foundations
basis means a starting point for an argument

Oct 23

PC finally back to how it was before malware

Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 in Web development tips

Today I think I made the last adjustment needed to get my reformatted PC back to where I was before being hit with malware.

Oct 23

Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 in Homonyms/Homophones, Incorrect word usage

ball, bawl
ball means a sphere
bawl means to cry

band, banned
band means a music group
banned means prevented from participating

bard, barred
bard means a poet
barred means excluded by a negative vote