“this sentence has seven syllables” has eight syllables
“this sentence has eight syllables” has seven syllables
Source: ghostjab9
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The King (2019) dir. David Michôd
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Cheer-damnably-ho!
A 1928 expletive infix from Dorothy Sayers, via Dennis Baron on twitter.
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Bugs Bunny accidentally transformed the word nimrod into a synonym for idiot because nobody got a joke where he sarcastically compared Elmer Fudd to the Biblical figure Nimrod, a mighty hunter.
Etymology is ridiculous and terrifying sometimes
Source: dailywritingtips.com
My friend: We need less criminals in this country.
Me: You mean we need FEWER criminals.
My friend: Ugh. You should be less pedantic.
Me: You mean I should be FEWER pedantic.
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my housemate was joking about me having an affair with someone, but she got stuck on a gender-neutral word for mistress/master and said mattress
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m-l-rio
grok (v.)
- (used with object) to understand thoroughly and intuitively
- (used without object) to communicate sympathetically
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trying to spell necessary like
MY FAVORITE MNEMONIC DEVICE IS THE ONE I USE TO REMEMBER THIS.
Necessary - a shirt has one Collar and two Sleeves.
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As you can read or see on a map in WALS, the voiceless dental fricative, despite being found in several of the world’s large languages, is indeed rare cross-linguistically.
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I don’t always get emotional. But when I do, I call it affect.
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