Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who mispronounces a word or says a common phrase wrong? I have, and for me (even though it sounds pompous to say) if I don’t know the person well, my impression of their intelligence is lowered at least a little bit. Taken from the Top 100 most commonly mispronounced words list, these are the top 25 that can make you look like an idiot if you say them wrong. Digg this you would like to help out your friend who still says fustrated instead of frustrated.
Archive for February, 2007
Top 25 words that make you look like an idiot when you mispronounce them
Thursday, February 15th, 20078 people living the REAL American dream through the Internet
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
1: Markus Frind: PlentyOfFish.com – $300,000 per month
Markus Frind the founder of the up and coming free dating site Plentyoffish.com is the biggest free dating site on the Internet. Plentyoffish.com. The site reportedly has traffic up to 500 million page views per month. This translates into over $10,000 per day. Here is a check posted from two months of adsense earnings:
2: Jeremy Shoemaker – $140,000 per month
Alliances and connections ~ Why no small business owner can make it all alone
Monday, February 12th, 2007♫♪♪ Companies … companies who need companies are the luckiest companies in the world … ♫♪♪
Okay, maybe that’s not the way the song goes, but it does help make a point: Businesses – especially smaller ones – can’t make it on their own. Okay, some of them do make it, but probably not to the level they could if they allied themselves with other business people.
The Secret – Thoughts become things
Friday, February 9th, 2007Mind control
The premise of The Secret is that thoughts become things. Think good ones and your life will reflect your thoughts. Think fearful, defensive, negative thoughts and your life will reflect that as well. How’s that for being in control of your life?
If you haven’t already, I URGE you to buy a copy of The Secret on DVD. This movie changed my life (and I was always someone on the cynical side) for the better. You can also pick up a book companion to the movie (here) or the audio CD (here) (thanks to my buddy, Margie Fisher, of Zable Fisher Public Relations for giving me a copy of this awesome book!).
Why learning cursive is bad for your kids.
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Closing in on my 23rd birthday, it has been almost 15 years since I was taught how to write in cursive and about 14 years since I stopped using this pointless antiquated style of writing. So why are so many kids still having their time wasted on learning to write in cursive?
Does your mood affect your copywriting?
Friday, February 2nd, 2007The wishy-washy answer is: maybe it does and maybe it doesn’t; it depends on who you are and who you ask. But the fact that we are all emotional beings makes us believe that the answer is: Absolutely!
External factors can cause our focus to shift to the bad stuff that happened in our day and writing becomes just about the last thing we want to do.
Our Blog Has Moved!
Thursday, February 1st, 2007Our Blog has moved to a new location. We are now on our own domain at:
