Comments on: Founder / Flounder

By: Dirk Poppen

Dirk Poppen — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:21:42 +0000

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

By: Herb Reeves

Herb Reeves — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:55:50 +0000

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.”)

By: words1

words1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:12:04 +0000

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

By: William

William — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:37:24 +0000

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/