Homogenous

As I’ve explained, I’m not a fan of lists with items that don’t match up.

There is one such list on the side of this Hafary van. The list on the van says:

• ceramic
• homogenous
• mosaic
• stones
• marble
• bldg materials

What parts of speech are those?

• “ceramic” is an adjective
• “homogenous” is an adjective
• “mosaic” is… an adjective?
• “stones” is a noun, and should probably be uncountable, not plural
• “marble” is an uncountable noun
• “bldg materials” is a plural countable noun

What really gets me about this van is that I have no idea what noun “homogenous” is modifying in this context, though I know it means something like “of uniform composition”.

The keenest-eyed among you have noticed that “homogenous” is a misspelling of “homogeneous”. The internet tells me that’s a lost battle, but you and I, we know better.

It turns out that Hafary has a pretty decent website and sells homogeneous tile. Yeah, they spelled it right on the website! They just need to update the text on the van one of these days.