tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post4048397069544653647..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: Random Romance Sunday: Three Wives And A BabyWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-58061612614630452152010-04-13T21:19:36.418-07:002010-04-13T21:19:36.418-07:00LOL--it is! Good one.LOL--it is! Good one.Jill Sorensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780655429244358019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-38664922626757186512010-04-13T10:52:13.112-07:002010-04-13T10:52:13.112-07:00Rosario: I don't feel so badly now because my ...Rosario: I don't feel so badly now because my Lil' Sis THE ENGLISH TEACHER didn't realize it either. Who knew that this RRS feature would educate as well as entertain?<br /><br />Jill: But don't you think that cover is bringing sexy back? Ha!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-57312351218654649412010-04-13T08:17:44.486-07:002010-04-13T08:17:44.486-07:00Timberlake? No! Blurb sounds good, though.Timberlake? No! Blurb sounds good, though.Jill Sorensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780655429244358019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-33453755871751143092010-04-13T00:47:58.285-07:002010-04-13T00:47:58.285-07:00I never knew that, either, I'll now try to use...I never knew that, either, I'll now try to use it soon and impress people with my knowledge of English when they try to correct me :-)<br /><br />The book itself actually sounds pretty good. Might read it!Rosariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015659149421085931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-10152996400550596402010-04-11T18:16:55.234-07:002010-04-11T18:16:55.234-07:00Ah ha! Now, see - this I did not know - so thanks...Ah ha! Now, see - this I did not know - so thanks to Leah The Writer for chiming in and Marianne for doing the leg-work. <br /><br />When it comes to grammar and spelling, <b>I'm the worst</b>. Which will come as no shock to anyone who has read this blog for even a brief sliver of time. <br /><br />Heh - I wonder how much reader mail Ms. Jackson and Harlequin got about that title? Probably more than enough :)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-70620786126211681772010-04-11T14:52:42.225-07:002010-04-11T14:52:42.225-07:00I'd have thoughts 'desserts' too. So, ...I'd have thoughts 'desserts' too. So, having read Leah's comment, I googled to find out more. From phrase.org.uk:<br /><br />"Deserts, in the sense of 'things deserved' has been used in English since at least the 13th century. A citation in which it is linked with 'just' comes from 1599, in Warning Faire Women:<br /><br />"Upon a pillory - that al the world may see, A just desert for such impiety."<br /><br />With this phrase it isn't the origin that is interesting though, but the spelling. I am often contacted by people pointing out that 'just deserts' is misspelled. They go to great lengths to explain why it should be 'just desserts'. They are wrong, but perhaps understandably so. <br /><br />- Deserts is now almost always used in reference to desolate and arid regions of land. Its use to mean 'that which is deserved' is now largely limited to this single phrase. <br /><br />- Desserts - the last or sweet course of a meal - is widely used and is pronounced the same way as the deserts in 'just deserts'.<br /><br />So, when hearing the phrase with the pronunciation like 'desserts', people think it must be spelled that way too. The spelling might be more intuitive if we thought of the phrase as 'what you justly deserve'. "<br /><br />Good to know.Marianne McAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-667393636959490062010-04-11T13:34:52.619-07:002010-04-11T13:34:52.619-07:00Just Deserts?? the first thing that came to mind ...Just Deserts?? the first thing that came to mind is --that's a huuuge typo or this couple likes doing in dry, arid, sandy places. . .marelounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-3273407162800657052010-04-11T10:14:09.870-07:002010-04-11T10:14:09.870-07:00...and it took me until i was 40 to find this out.......and it took me until i was 40 to find this out. Just deserts for my arrogance about grammar right? ;)Philippa Lodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517563788786892242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-15409479038318303432010-04-11T06:13:09.609-07:002010-04-11T06:13:09.609-07:00Wendy -- yes, the saying truly is 'just desert...Wendy -- yes, the saying truly is 'just deserts' with the single S (as in deserved) though many ppl think it should have be desserts (like a sweet treat)Leah Braemelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926632511671914080noreply@blogger.com