It's spring break and the Lareaus are seriously out of pocket. Meredith is in Arkansas with Gran, Papa, Aunt Judy and Uncle Paul. This is for two reasons: 1, her school is closed for the break and 2, every girl needs to be intensely spoiled a couple times a year. Chris is in Chattanooga learning how to be an incredible trial lawyer. I'm here in Memphis all alone (don't feel too bad for me) and I can't get Blogger to upload pictures.
And now for the grammar. Arkansas just passed a bill making it proper to show possession by the state using the following method: Arkansas's. This is so wrong. So very wrong. (Check this out -- and any number of other sites -- if you don't believe me.) I love Arkansas -- it's "the natural state." It's a beautiful and much maligned state. But PLEASE folks. How can you go to the trouble to pass a bill and actually make it illegal (in a sense) to use proper grammar? I will protest here and now:
As long as I live, I will question the sense of the lawmakers who made it proper to insult Arkansas' collective intelligence by using Arkansas's own special brand of grammar.
Why didn't they just change it to "Arkansaws" and drop the apostrophe altogether? That would have made just as much sense.
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ReplyDeleteAR has a new Governor who is supposed to be wonderful. Please write him. His wife is a working member of the Committee of 100 and her name is also Ginger so maybe if you both write them you could make a difference. For my part, I will be having lunch with them at the mansion Apr. 3 so will be sure to mention it. (OK the last sentence was just for fun - and there will also be 200 other people there but you never know - all those ladies are quite the intellectuals and writers.
Mom you have cracked me up. I think I WILL write the governor, by george.
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