DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE

A blogsite offering 30 entertaining oddities each month since January 2020. We are currently approaching 1800 posts in these five years. Images -- poetic (including song-lyrics), photographic, and computer-simulated -- are drawn from daily life as well as from poems and wordplay grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original (as are the song-lyrics), although portions evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.

September 13, 2022

SEP 13, pluralia tantum: 'condolences'

Authors' Note: The above verse provides several further examples of the grammatical phenomenon pluralia tantum. An idiom associated with providing condolences for the family and friends of a single deceased person is to 'pay one's final respects'.

Grandpa Greg asked us to pass on this message: "You can view the entire collection of verses about 'pluralia tantum' by clicking HERE."

DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE

September 13, 2022

SEP 13, pluralia tantum: 'condolences'

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