Next week is Thanksgiving already, somehow. According to every store, that means it’s already time to start playing the most grating versions* of ‘Sleigh Ride’ on a loop while reminding shoppers to start their holiday spending early. *all versions. That song is awful. But, you’re tech-savvy enough to be reading a little-known baseball blog, which …
Category Archive: Not sports
Apr 11
Random survey: How do you pronounce “Coupon?”
The show “Extreme Couponing” is MESMERIZING. I had it on in the background while doing some cleaning, and was inspired to ask on Twitter: Do you pronounce the word “coupon” like “coo-pon” or “cyoo-pon”? So far, we’ve got 9 for coo-pon, 4 for cyoo-pon (which would have been more clear as Q-pon), and one for …
Nov 29
Phrases that should be abolished: “Proceeded to”
I’ve never kept secret my hatred for my journalism school. The college is woefully behind the times, and has been scrambling to play catch-up to the digital media revolution for all 4.5 years I’ve been here. Further, the Daily Nebraskan is a terrible newspaper. Most of its reporters write the way all crappy college journalists …