Some of my relatives are posting this stupid macro that says (paraphrasing ( Read more... )

Why is it "in character" and "out of character"?

Why the "of"?

Why not "out character"? ("in of character" doesn't sound right)

In the past week I have twice used the word "fastidious" as a compliment to people. This morning I was thinking about life stuff and I used the word "gregarious" in reference to myself, which was followed up by, "Geez, I've been rather loquacious lately."

Maybe my vocabulary just needed a good workout.

I spent a good chunk of this morning's commute puzzling over this headline from amNY:

Suspect's past
points to hate

I kept reading it as

Suspect's
past points
to hate

That is,

[Adjective] Suspect's
[Noun, object] past points
[Verb] to hate

Where it should be

[Noun, subject] Suspect's past
[Verb] points to
[Noun, object] hateNow, the ( Read more... )

Me and heehaw_tng talking about a vegetarian co-worker at a gay bar tonight (only two of these are true ( Read more... )

I wondered if "I love you" sounds sweet in every language, because it's so lovely (to me) in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese. So I went to Babelfish to see what it was in other languages. Consensus: I don't really know, because Babelfish sucks ( Read more... )

I just noticed that CNN has now upgraded Imus' remarks from "racially-charged" to full-out "racist." Probably now that he's been fired from both MSNBC and CBS, it's considered safe to use that word ( Read more... )

Poll Old Habits

Yes, I learned to type on a typewriter.

I keep finding things that should be put into my LibraryThing account, but unfortunately there are language barriers from recording these things properly. The only other language besides English that I read is Spanish, and er, that uses the same alphabet ( Read more... )