Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The Object of the Word


Fine. I admit it.

My thought was ethnically biased: a throwback to the days of inappropriate jokes.

Because when I passed by a store called Polish Couture my mind had difficulty processing the two words together. What could possibly be for sale inside? Embroidered full skirts and floral headdresses?

I was unaware that Poland could be a land of high fashion.

That is until it occurred to me that the place of business was a Korean nail salon. The word was polish—as in nail lacquer and not Polish as in sausage.

Accent matters.

And in the written word, usage of a #2 lead can result in an ambiguous lead. I object to the mishandled object in meaning—and defect from the word defect.

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