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StanCarey

  1. "The noises our technologies make…are the soundtrack to an era." @alexismadrigal on dial-up modems bit.ly/JyYH09 1 minute ago via TweetDeck
  2. @GrammarMonkeys Thank you, and well done. 3 minutes ago via web in reply to GrammarMonkeys
  3. Sceptical paper on xenoglossy (alleged ability to speak a language previously unknown to the speaker) (PDF) www-personal.umich.edu/~thomason/pape… 10:38 AM Jun 1st via web
  4. @wordlust "The Rodney Dangerfield of reflexive pronouns" forums.delphiforums.com/dictionary/mes… 10:32 AM Jun 1st via web
  5. @bengreenman LITERALITERALLY: for when you mean "literally" literally, and aren't just intensifying something figurative. #tnyquestion 10:31 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to bengreenman
  6. @mrdarnley No no, I'm amused. I like infixation. 10:28 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to mrdarnley
  7. @ArrantPedantry Very progressive. Some don't want to see their insides, lest they glimpse a mutant morpheme. 10:27 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to ArrantPedantry
  8. @mrdarnley That's a grand bit of expletive infixation. 10:25 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to mrdarnley
  9. @herecomeslucy I've been saying lee-shay, by analogy with French lycée. Le oops. 10:25 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to herecomeslucy
  10. @donnchanuig There's a strange old Irish saying: "You're making such noise that I can't hear my ears." 8:11 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to donnchanuig
  11. Thoughts on pronunciation and prestige stancarey.tumblr.com/post/240685343… 8:00 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
  12. @ryanmjonesme A missed opportunity! 7:57 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to ryanmjonesme
  13. @electronicdoguk Definitely. 7:56 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to electronicdoguk
  14. @aiiconline Thank you. 7:56 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to aiiconline
  15. @sineadkeogh It's part of a disturbing trend: ihopericksantorum.tumblr.com/post/239882242… 7:56 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to sineadkeogh
  16. @thrilway @KoryStamper @PeterSokolowski They might even try acrostic peeving, if it didn't sound so avant-garde. 7:55 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to thrilway
  17. Wisconsin Tourism Federation (WTF), before and after the internet yfrog.com/c9lvl9j 6:24 AM Jun 1st via Yfrog
  18. @KoryStamper @PeterSokolowski …taking 'red pen holidays' together to tour the country fixing public apostrophes and obliterating neologisms… 6:20 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to KoryStamper
  19. @millymelon Yes. 'Mutilate' cheers me up because it reminds me of the Pixies; probably not the intended effect. 6:18 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to millymelon
  20. @averagewerewolf I'm at the point now where I can't even remember how I used to say it. 6:18 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to averagewerewolf