[Carolyn Thomas-Coxhead]

In, on or at Cambridge Station yesterday I was invited to sit tight while the two sections of the train were "coupled together".

[Carolyn Thomas-Coxhead]

PS

"in three short weeks..."
"in just two brief months..." grrrrrrr

[Jayne Osborn]

I recently heard "We shared the same taxi" - I'd like to have seen them share a different one.

We all know what people mean, so there's not a lack of communication - only a lack of precision with the language. It doesn't make me cringe the way that seeing something like "Your a really good friend" does!

[Roger Slater]

Jayne, what would you say about a sentence like, "I'm wearing the same shoes I wore yesterday"? If you left out the word "same," it wouldn't change the literal meaning (I don't think), but somehow it doesn't sound redundant. Does it to you?

[Roger Slater]

I was just reading an article by Matt Taibbi on George W. Bush. I thought this apropos:

"It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce" was a classic Bush formulation. "Our nation must come together to unite" was another. One of my favorites was: "I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region."

[Lightning Bug]

Watching John Cusak's "The Raven" this morning, I caught two in one line of "Annabelle Lee":..."neither the angels in Heaven above, nor the demons down under the sea,...".

Here where I live, the second may be arguable, though, as I have often heard the phrase "up under". ["It ran up under the chester drawers."]

[Roger Slater]

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

Hmm, I always knew it was redundant to say "twinkle" twice, but I hadn't considered "up above."