Things You Shouldn't Do # 43

I hate bad grammar and have a low tolerance for bad spelling.

Bad typing is okay, as I am probably the world’s worst offender (generally my brilliance distracts me from the more technical aspects of blogging, such as hitting the keys squarely)

But bad vernacular is deplorable.

Case in point: Mix Tape

This sticky point seems to be the most problematic for those under 30, so for their sake (and mine) I will elaborate.

A Mixed Tape (or CD for that matter) is a portable collection of music that has been assembled by a person for later enjoyment. A collection, if you will.

And while all of the songs on the device could be considered a “mix” of music, the end result of mixing many things together is that, upon completion, the content has been “mixed.”

Do you see how that works?

If you mix many things together, they will invariably be “mixed”

Once they have been mixed, the end result cannot be anything other than what it has become - hence the term “mixed tape.”

Once could say “I made a mix and put it on a tape” or “I put of mix of songs on here for you” – but at the end of the day, the tape (or CD) itself will indeed have been mixed.

Say it with me: M-i-x-e-d T-a-p-e.

There, I knew you could do it.