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Gran's Saying. TRIGGER WARNING FOR OBJECTIONABLE SUBJECT.

pronker wrote in linguaphiles Jul 08, 2017 22:19

Gran (1900-1986) had a term for a boyfriend of a married woman: Mr. Man. As a little girl living with Gran and Gramps, I thought it was simply this guy's name ("Mr. Mann," possibly) who came to visit a woman who lived on our street. The woman had been married for ten years and then separated from her husband. The affair began after she moved out ( Read more... )

idiotolects, english, 1950s, idiolects, idioms

Usage examples you wouldn't expect to find in a dictionary

pauamma wrote in linguaphiles Jan 05, 2011 18:03

( Discusses infanticide )

idiotolects, cultural perceptions, sociolinguistics, dictionaries

Bullshit people claim about languages, part #94731

pauamma wrote in linguaphiles Dec 02, 2010 07:01

But the fact of the matter is that gender is a linguistic term with a hard meaning.
So is "etymological fallacy"For example, all languages have gender pronouns, [...]
Er, no. Not even most, and even of those who do, a large number don't use sex as a basis for assigning gender.

(Inspired by some statements in idiotolects, pronouns, gender, possessives

Hmm... what?

pauamma wrote in linguaphiles Feb 03, 2010 19:32

From http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingdoccomments/#styleguide:Avoid Latin -- use "also known as" instead of "aka"
Res ipsa loquitur.

(reposted from my personal journal, 1.5 year after I meant to)

idiotolects, latin, idiolects