Ever notice how we just accept certain things such as product names?
Kleenex is not the little tissue you use to blow your nose. It is the trademark brand name for a type of Facial Tissue. We never even stop and pause when our nose is running. "Can I have a Kleenex?", we ask. There are other things of this sort I can think of, for example: Band-aides or Frisbees.
There are also the abreviated names that we like to abuse as well. These are things that if we say the full name as we normally use the abreviation in a sentence, we would quickly see the error of our ways.
I belong to a PTA Organization.
(You belong to a Parent Teacher Association Organization? Hmm. I thought an association was to be organized.)
I bought a new NIC Card for my computer last night.
(So you bought a new Network Interace Card Card. Does that take up two expansion slots in your machine or just one?)
These are just a few examples of our mastery of the english/amurikan language. I know I too am guilty of abusing my own creative license or stupidity, whichever you prefer.
Do you have any more creative misuses of language like those above? If so, please leave me a comment.
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