1. Thank you so much for the virtual snowflake cookies, stealingpennies and geeklite! :D


2. I have four dreamwidth invites, so if anyone reading this doesn't have an account and would like one, just drop a comment/PM/email, whatevs. They are free to good homes!


3. For the last few months I've been volunteering at the local adult literacy center, and I LOVE it. Back in September I ( Read more... )

to help us maximize our buccaneer potential on this, international talk like a pirate day, language log posted both the corsair ergonomic keyboard for pirates (perfect for pirate blogging!) and an instructional video:

( HOW TO TALK LIKE A PIRATE )

a. right, went to atlanta last weekend with my dad: on saturday we scoped out a scrimmage for the kids' robotics competition and had italian food in celebration of c.'s birthday; the new georgia aquarium* was (unsurprisingly) jam-packed on the sunday of a holiday weekend; fernbank still has awesome dinosaur skeletons in the rotunda and a kick-ass ( Read more... )

SHAKESPEARE USED THEY WITH SINGULAR ANTECEDENTS SO THERE

By all means, avoid using they with singular antecedents in your own writing and speaking if you feel you cannot bear it. Language Log is not here to tell you how to write or speak. But don't try to tell us that it's grammatically incorrect. Because when a construction is clearly present ( Read more... )