Railing against the continuing abasement of the language, writers who don't know the difference between "lay" and "lie," editors who don't understand comma placement, and people who use "impact" as a verb has left us feeling like King Canute ordering the waves back from the shore.
So it is with pleasure that we offer a mild round of applause for a few lines we've observed in public places recently. There is, for example, this one, plugging public transit: "A bus is just a limo full of people you haven't met yet."
And how about this: "With flavors like these, it must be summer."
CKNW, long the top dog of talk radio, has a billboard barking "Yeah, we're talking to you."
More canny canine conversation: a rival station, and rival billboard, tells us "We've found your dog." A complete non sequitur, to which the only response can be "Huh?" and therefore the prize line of the day.
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