The English language can sometimes be a tricky thing. One thing that we constantly use incorrectly in the English language are acronyms. Without notching, we sometimes add words or letters when we use acronyms in a sentence. For example, if you are watching baseball with your buds and Chase Utley hits a home run with two people on base, a common mistake would be saying, "Chase Utley had three RBIs last night!" When you really think about it, saying RBIs doesn't make any sense. Your really saying that he had three Runs Batted Ins. That is totally not right. If you were to say it correctly it would be said like, "Chase Utley had three RBI last night!" Another mistake people make is saying the acronym itself and then adding an additional word to the end, in most cases it would be whatever the last word was. For example, you may have heard your mom or dad say, "I'm going to the ATM machine real fast. You want me to pick up some Taco Bell? When you really think about it, they are saying, "I'm going to the automated teller machine machine." You don't need that extra machine. Same mistake with acronym VIN (Vehicle Identification number). Some people say VIN number, which is just adding the word number again.

The Wizard of Odd

It is safe to say that most of the people reading this have seen the epic known as The Wizard of Oz. To the untrained eye, it is a "feel good" story with positive morals and good intentions. However, when I really look at it and break down all the details that come along with the story line, it doesn't seem to have the qualities everybody thinks it has. These thoughts mostly come from the so called "good witch" named Glenda. Glenda isn't much of a good witch when you really think about it. She takes Ruby slippers off of the feet of the wicked witch of the east when she had no right to. If anything, the slippers belong to her sister, the wicked witch of the west. Glenda also has a bunch of munchkins all fired up to the point where there all singing songs about a persons death. Finally, Glenda sends Dorothy on a long journey in attempt to kill the wicked witch of west, which does turn out to happen. It turns out at the end of film that Glenda had the power to send Dorothy home the whole time, but Glenda made her go through this pointless journey just to kill the wicked witch of the west. It seems as though Glenda used Dorothy to do all of the dirty work that she doesn't want to do herself. All in all, the Wizard of Oz is just another one of those movies where you have to read in between the lines to find out what it's all about.