http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/beachhead/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/beachhead/#comment-150 Dad Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:55:22 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/04/02/beachhead/#comment-150 O.K., so my chain's been pulled, and you're a funny guy. O.K., so my chain’s been pulled, and you’re a funny guy.

]]> http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/beachhead/#comment-149 Karl Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:23:51 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/04/02/beachhead/#comment-149 Well, that's because it isn't an example of one. :) I was wrong. It's just a lowly compound noun. An example of a <a href="/wotd/2004/portmanteau.php" rel="nofollow">portmanteau</a> would be "brunch." Sorry, I must have been out to brunch on this one. Well, that’s because it isn’t an example of one. I was wrong. It’s just a lowly compound noun. An example of a portmanteau would be “brunch.”
Sorry, I must have been out to brunch on this one.

]]> http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/beachhead/#comment-148 Dad Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:31:56 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/04/02/beachhead/#comment-148 My personal word of the day is definitely portmanteau, although I don't understand how "beachhead" is an example of one. My personal word of the day is definitely portmanteau, although I don’t understand how “beachhead” is an example of one.

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