pickHighly recommended for the enthusiastic armchair linguist like myself. This is an absolutely fascinating read. And the bibliography is huge!!! The in depth, impeccably referenced research is presented as coming together pieces of a jigsaw, each area of discovery added to the bigger picture. Complex ideas are explained in an accessible & entertaining manner & the whole thing is just so mind-blowingly interesting/intriguing/staggering 🤯🤯🤯
This is an incredibly valid and important point!
#CeceliaWatson #Semicolon #language #politics #SWE #StandardEnglish #dialect
Starting this one today. It was a gift from my husband for International Women's Day. And a nice, fresh bookmark as well.
#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee
Probably #ldf's fallacy that he is best at is the ad hominem attack. The background picture in the image above is every attack #ldf has said against a person or a group. A picture literally is worth a thousand+ words ... and is horrifying.
To scroll through the ENTIRE list (just up until 2021! 😱), go here:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/19/upshot/trump-complete-insult-list...
Such a fun word to say, but weird too 😂
#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords
#WeirdWordWednesday @Cbee
Getting back into my weird word list. This one is another word I happened upon while reading. Love weird, wonderful and new to me words.
The best thing about coming home after a month away is book mail. (A close second is getting to sleep in my own bed.)
I took advantage of the Bookshop & BN sales that competed with Amazon‘s Prime Day but I left before they arrived. So yay! Plus I got two of my Allstora subscription books (the David Sedaris & Rufi Thorpe books). Then I picked up the Hawaiian Word Book at the HNL airport.
It‘s #WeirdWordWednesday I‘m sharing the cover of the final book in a trilogy today. I‘ve previously shared the covers of the first two books, because the titles are all #WeirdWords, which I hope you all have enjoyed.
The magical library---with its intricate voice-activated dioramas of scenes from literature, and desks on which unfold a multi-media experience when a book is set down just so upon them---is just one of many awesome word-oriented exhibits at Planet Word in Washington, DC. We had such a blast there! If you're in town, I highly recommend visiting. (Their gift shop is also extremely tempting, and the cafe downstairs is delicious.)
