English or Language – The Haps With Herb

Wring In The New
orWhat Hath God Wrought In The Stream Of Consciousness?

February 23, 2023 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 223028 – 1074 Here’s the haps: I cannot imagine being a learner of English. What a tedious, impossible(‽) task. What have I wrought in my writing? Was it all for Continue Reading[...]

“Feelin’ Froggy? Then Eat A Live Frog,” Mark Twain?

August 30, 2022 Herb 32

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22851 – 995 Here’s the haps: I was visiting someone’s blog a while ago and they quoted Mark Twain as saying, “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: Zee or Zed, Let’s Put This Thing To Bed

April 30, 2022 Herb 25

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22727 – 976 Here’s the haps: “It’s a good thing we won that Revolutionary War or we’d all be speaking English today.” Americans are almost the only ones to end Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: T is for Timeout or, Perhaps, Talk Like Shakespeare

April 23, 2022 Herb 26

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22720 – 970 Here’s the haps: Hi Everyone. Sorry, no post tonight. I’m taking tonight off and will pick back up on Monday with the ever-ubiquitous, U. But well, it Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: E Is For Easy

April 6, 2022 Herb 19

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22705 – 954 Here’s the haps: I wanted to do an easy post for today because I don’t have much time. So, I’ve decided it would be a piece of Continue Reading[...]

Enunciate When You Pronunciate!

January 16, 2022 Herb 27

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. Canada, The Continue Reading[...]

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

April 26, 2021 Herb 22

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 where I Continue Reading[...]

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

April 23, 2021 Herb 33

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 day he Continue Reading[...]

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

April 22, 2021 Herb 18

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 saw that Continue Reading[...]

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

April 6, 2021 Herb 34

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 so abused Continue Reading[...]

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

October 4, 2020 Herb 7

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22157 – 726:

Who’s To Blame For Herb’s Poetry Habit

September 15, 2020 Herb 21

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 okay while Continue Reading[...]