Category Archives: parts of speech

They Are Who We Thought They Were (with a slightly different name)

Posted on 20 February, 2013 by Diane

Sometimes you’ll be having a conversation with friends about ballplayers, and you’ll mistakenly mention someone with a very similar name to the one you are actually describing. For example,  perhaps you meant to talk about the white, 46-year-old former reliever … Continue reading →

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Noun You Tell Me!

Posted on 23 January, 2012 by Diane

In the aftermath of the “Verb Players” post, reader Kurt Blumenau lamented to me: Shame Emil Verban and Joe Verbanic didn’t qualify. I then wondered if there were any players whose names were the same as the actual parts of … Continue reading →

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“Verb” Players

Posted on 21 January, 2012 by Diane

While doing some research for the recent PIPA/SOPA brouhaha (and wouldn’t “PIPA SOPA Brouhaha” be a great band name?), I came across this player.  After the 12-year-old in me got finished giggling, I wondered how many other players had verbs … Continue reading →

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