Founder / Flounder

September 29th, 2009 by admin

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  1. William:

    June 19th, 2009 at 10:37 am

    I believe there is a typo in your final example of the sales manager for http://www.word-detective.com/2009/04/03/founder-flounder/

  2. words1:

    June 22nd, 2009 at 2:12 am

    Fixed it — thanks. That really didn’t make any sense, did it?

  3. Herb Reeves:

    October 14th, 2009 at 8:55 am

    Although “flounder” has two etymologically distinct definitions, the one meaning “fish” offers the perfect mnemonic to distinguish the two verbs, “flounder” and “founder.”

    “Flounder” is exactly what the fish does when caught and thrown on deck. (And also what my brain does when attempting to remember the spelling of “mnemonic.”)

  4. Dirk Poppen:

    November 14th, 2010 at 10:21 am

    Let’s make this more confusing and talk about a house foundering

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