I interrupt your heated political debates with this very important linguistic announcement: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gigil-overcome-cuteness-oxford-english-dictio... |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm3aCyRD3Vg |
Dave ![]() ![]() |
So, I just spent, I dunno, a few months? bingeing "Suits" on Netflix. I finished the series about a week ago. And I was today years old when I realized the double meaning of the title. Clever, Aaron Korsh, very clever. Also, I hereby revoke my writing com membership card. ![]() |
In the category, "Sometimes even the Oxford comma doesn't entirely prevent ambiguity," I just read the following Google review for a local Goodwill location: Clean, cheap, and pleasant staff. I'll take a dozen, please. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think I may have just slept through NaNo. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I actively ignored it. I tend to instinctively avoid anything that's a "groupspeak/groupthink" type project and NaNo seems very much a rahrah cheerleading thing. |
Aiva Raine ![]() |
Humble Poet PNG still humble ![]() Agreed- I'm bah humbug about stuff like that, but it doesn't mean that it isn't fine for others. |
Let me get this straight: After years of hearing from English teachers and Stephen King - writer that we should limit adverbs in our writing, now Google is telling us to use more, if we want search algorithms to rank our blogs and other web copy?? According to this article from SEO experts at Yoast, we should incorporate transition words (aka, conjunctive adverbs) in at least 30% of our sentences. https://yoast.com/transition-words-why-and-how-to-use-them/#h-what-does-the-transition-word-check-in-yoast-seo-do ![]() |
Ain't she a woman? Well, yes, she was, but she never actually said it that way. See for yourself: https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches ![]() |
It's NaNoWriMo, so I'm just gonna leave this here: https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ What?? Just resurrecting an old tradition. |
I haven't seen this cookie in awhile. How many years have it been? ![]() We get do competitive over this back then. |
Elycia Lee ☮ Raya ![]() |
Let the novel writing commence! National Novel Writing Month starts in the next 24 hours: COUNTDOWN TO NaNoWriMo! Tokyo: [Refresh to load countdown.] Mumbai: [Refresh to load countdown.] Moscow: [Refresh to load countdown.] York: [Refresh to load countdown.] New York: [Refresh to load countdown.] Nashville: [Refresh to load countdown.] Reno: [Refresh to load countdown.] Honolulu: [Refresh to load countdown.] South Pole: Depends where you're standing North Pole: Only Santa Knows ![]() |
Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() |
LinnAnn -Book writer ![]() |
This might be a fun place to go if the USA and Russia are getting along; if Uber and Starbucks moved in; and if you pay attention to the reviewer who said, "Great place but you need to be very careful not to fall of the edge. The “flat earth edge ahead” sign is poorly lit." I suppose some roads might help, too, but I can deal without them if someone else is driving. Is it me, or does the island look like a Stormtrooper doing the backstroke in the satellite view? https://maps.app.goo.gl/8MobhpJrVECC1pkg9 |
I finally learned the difference between gray and grey. I've always wondered. 👍 |
Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() |
Robert Waltz ![]() |
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