Saturday, October 22, 2011

A professional patriotic purveyor of highly entertaining and informative blogging

Sometimes you have to laugh on what goes on in some deaf people's minds when it comes to even the simplest of things in my own blogs such as the word "purveyor" seen at the top of my blog.
Kokonut Pundit, a nationally known professional patriotic purveyor of highly entertaining and informative blogging.
For those who don't know, "purveyor" is defined as "a person or business that sells or provides something" such as "a purveyor of kitchen supplies." The word "purveyor" is a noun. In my blog I provide highly entertaining and informative blogging. The noun "purveyor" stems from the word "purvey" which means "to make available" or "to supply or provide (something) for use" such as to "purvey information." It's a verb. I am a purveyor of highly entertaining and informative blogging. In short, I provide highly entertaining and informative blogging.

Remember, kiddies, "purveyor" is a noun that describes a person who "purveys" (a verb) or provides something.

For example, my phrase was borrowed (and modified slightly) from one of my favorite ragtime website (I love playing ragtime piano, of course) whose own phrasing goes like this:

"Professional Patriotic Purveyor of Pianistic Pyrotechnics"

I loved the quirky and funny phrasing so much that I modified it to suit my blog. It'd be awfully silly (not to mention extremely stupid) to conclude that "purveyor" means "to lie" when in fact "purveyor" is a noun to begin with.  The "lie" charge came from this dictionary on "purveyor" thinking it means to "spread lies" which is not the case since the key thing is a person's action (verb) that describes the person's doing such as "spreads," "repeats" or "sells";
 purveyor [pəˈveɪə]
n
1. (often plural) a person, organization, etc., that supplies food and provisions
2. a person who spreads, repeats, or sells (information, lies, etc.)
3. a person or thing that habitually provides or supplies a particular thing or quality a purveyor of humour
4. (Historical Terms) History an officer providing or exacting provisions, lodging, etc., for a sovereign
I spread, provide or repeat information in my blogs. In short, I purvey information, opinions, and even funny commentaries in my blogs.

Now, somebody seriously needs to go back and re-take English 101. But I'm sure somebody out there will soon enough get inspired by the word "purveyor" and twist it some more out of hate or malice. If not, maybe a simple inspiration would be the result. Who knows? Let the fun begin!

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