English or Language – The Haps With Herb

January 16, 2022

Herb

Enunciate When You Pronunciate!

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22626 – 934 Here’s the haps: <><><><><><><><> I have several readers who are non-native English speakers and several others what don't talk good American but speak English, instead.…

English or Language, Humor, Rantings, Writing27 Comments

April 26, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: V Is For The Villanelle Of The Villainous Villain L

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22361 – 825: Here’s the haps: My dear fans, friends, fiends, foes, foundlings, frolicking freaks, and other nice assorted people, I went looking back to find the post…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, Comics/Cartoons, English or Language, Mudgeonly Monday, Poetry, Putzing, Writing22 Comments

April 23, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: T Is For Talk Like Shakespeare Day

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22358 – 822: Here’s the haps: I usually say something about Shakespeare on the twenty-third of April every year. It is, as best as anybody can tell, the…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, English or Language33 Comments

April 22, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: S Is For SHM-Reduplication

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22357 – 821: Here’s the haps: Aah, haps shmaps. Reduplication shmeduplication. So what? Who cares? I originally got interested in this because I was at someone's blog and…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, English or Language18 Comments

April 6, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: E is for Epically Awesome, Dude And Other Phrases That I Literally Dislike

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22341 – 807: Here’s the haps: There are some words and phrases which have figuratively been used to death. Epic and Awesome are two words that are just…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, English or Language, Humor, Rantings34 Comments

October 4, 2020

Herb

Special Bonus Post – trouble at participle headquarters — Wrong Hands Comic

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22157 – 726: trouble at participle headquarters — Wrong Hands

Comics/Cartoons, English or Language, Special7 Comments

September 15, 2020

Herb

Who’s To Blame For Herb’s Poetry Habit

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22138 – 709: As you may or may not recall I have at times fancied myself something of a poet. I think some of my stuff is…

English or Language, My Life, Poetry, Writing english, inspiration, poetry, teacher, teachers, writing21 Comments

July 19, 2020

Herb

English Pronunciation

Before I start this post I just want to extend my condolences to Lydia and her family. Let's remember to pray for them. I have a few different items in…

English or Language, Humor26 Comments

April 23, 2020

Herb

Happy Birthday Billy S

Word of the day · Todaybardolatry[bärˈdälətrē]NOUNhumorousexcessive admiration of Shakespeare. Forsooth! Canst one tell the day? The time? Of a truth, today is "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" and if thou wouldst…

English or Language, My Life, Reading, Writing10 Comments

March 4, 2020

Herb

Math Problem

I guess I could have taken the time to rewrite this with modern-day prices and everything but this is the way it was told to me and I like it.…

English or Language7 Comments

March 2, 2020

Herb

Profanity Is Not A Sign Of Intelligence

Curmudgeonly Monday I think I will make this a new, weekly feature where I just rant and rave and carry on about things that make me feel surly, crusty and…

Blogging, Curmudgeonly Monday, English or Language15 Comments

October 22, 2019

Herb

Commas Save Lives

Of all the punctuation marks, the comma has the most rules and really, I'm not sure if I'm qualified to talk about them all. A lot of times I just…

Church Life, English or Language5 Comments