do u ever get mad at words like we have deck, dick, dock, and duck, but not dack like wtf could we not complete the vowel pattern when coming up with these things
Australia. Solving the world’s problems one verb at a time.
In the US we say “pantsing” them, which makes zero sense because we are de-pantsing them as in, removing the pants. We don’t make any sense.
Actually, this varies by region: I remember many a heated debate at Missouri’s all-state Nerd Camp regarding whether the proper term for this practice was “pantsing” or “de-pantsing.” Along with “soda” vs. “pop” and “Missour-ee” vs. “Missour-ah.”
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The verdict is in. #stopsayingit #notaword #wordswithfriends
That’s because you ain’t got an apostrophe.
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Fauns.
*Fawns.
People can’t even spell four letter words correctly anymore as adults when I was busting my ass reciting disestablishmentarianism when I was 12.
At least their make up skills are better than their spelling.
- faun - “One of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of deer or goats.” (via)
- fawn - “A young deer in its first year.” (via)
u might be able to recite disestablishmentarianism but that doesnt make up for the fact that youre wrong and also being a dick :) -
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flower language has always been an intense source of disappointment for me
like, they all mean really generic things like “love” or “forever” or “i’m sorry”
i thought you could combine flowers
like you could just send someone a bouquet and from the combination of hibiscus and posies and tulips they’d understand “the rebel leader is dead, rendezvous at the docks at 8, bring the dog, you will need lighter fluid and a large tomato”
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I thought this might be of interest to authors.
Pleeeease, Teen Wolf fandom.
pleeeeease sherlock/harry potter/doctor who fandom
please Shameless fandom
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey // The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
it always makes me so irritated that bilbo writes the tehta over the letter A
THERE IS ALREADY AN A THERE BILBO YOU DON’T NEED TO WRITE ANOTHER ONE
IF ANY ELVES ARE READING THIS, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE LANGUAGE YOU HAVE WRITTEN IT IN, YOU DON’T NEED TO ACCENT ONE LETTER WITH ANOTHER VERSION OF THAT SAME LETTER
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Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Grammar
I went a little word nerd on y’all today.
The other thing about prescriptive grammar is its importance in a second or foreign language context. You can be as descriptive as you like with your grammar—once you actually know how it works. I make fun of prescriptivism a lot, but prescriptive linguistics needs to exist as the grammar framework that a second language student is going to acquire.
(Of course, if the learner never shakes their accent or ends up in a speech community of other second language learners who share some kind of atypical speech marker, prescriptivism then starts being an asshole to them, but what can you do)
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WHAT COMES BETWEEN SEX AND FEAR???
FÜNF
I love you.
Oh my god.
I LOVE LANGUAGE JOKES
I should not be laughing anywhere near as much as I am.
