Steevil sent me an e-mail the other day detailing some of the odd little inconsistencies in the English language, but the example today is even better, mainly because it's such a good example of inconsistency in action.
In this Yahoo! Real Estate story about population changes, Steevil (famed rocket surgeon and brother of noted dead-language pedant Dr. Weevil), noted this inscrutable passage:
"Wisconsin, at 53.2 percent outbound, witnessed its lowest outbound influx since 2000."
"Outbound influx"!?
I wonder if there's such a thing as inbound outflux.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at January 19, 2007 01:58 PMI blame it on all the cheese we consume. Decreases in inbound activity often lead to increases in outbound activity, and increases in inbound activity often lead to complete cessation of outbout activity, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Diane at January 19, 2007 02:19 PMUnless you drink too much beer while enjoying your cheese curds.
Man I miss cheese curds.
Deep fried cheesy goodness.
Posted by: Sarah G. at January 19, 2007 02:28 PM