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Grammar Girl. Podcaster. New York Times bestselling author. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. California. she/her

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iDGS, to random
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@GramrgednAngel @grammargirl ICYMI… 🤦‍♂️
https://aus.social/@dgar/112426875821283942

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@iDGS Yikes!

qmacro, to random
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I enjoyed the Grammar Girl podcast episode "'Addictive' or 'addicting'? Types of nouns. Folley" this morning.

https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/addictive

Bonus: I'd like to think that @grammargirl threw in "countries" as an example of a concrete noun as a curveball to see if we were paying attention ;-)

#Words

grammargirl,
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@qmacro Good point! I was around for the transition, yet it never even crosses my mind when I say "hard drive."

grammargirl, to random
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Do you like word games? Love dictionaries and history? If so, join me tomorrow night (May 11) when I'll be playing word games with a bunch of fabulous language people to benefit the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society.

There's a benefit auction, but tickets to watch the fun are free. Register here: https://event.auctria.com/d46426bb-99fc-454e-9e40-a39e1592ebe6/

grammargirl,
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@Pikestreet He's going to be a guest on the Grammar Girl podcast in a couple of weeks. :)

grammargirl, to Podcast
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Have you ever wondered about the difference between stock and broth? A street and a boulevard? A maze and a labyrinth?

Well, Eli Burnstein has you covered. We talked about all these questions and more in the most recent Grammar Girl podcast on his "Dictionary of Fine Distinctions."

Listen while you do some cooking, drive home from work, or go for a walk!

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/burnstein

WATCH: https://youtu.be/DFlBWiJJouQ

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clarkesworld, (edited ) to random
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This month's editorial looks at the possible ethics issues that could come with introducing a reliable detector to the filtering process of a submissions system. Curious what people think.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_05_24/

grammargirl,
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@clarkesworld Great read. Do I understand correctly that by "It's trained on the text generated by systems involved in theft," you means the text is generated by ChatGPT or some tool like it?

grammargirl,
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@clarkesworld Thanks for clarifying (and good luck)!

grammargirl,
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@NormalOperator Thanks!

grammargirl, to random
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My jaw dropped.

I was sitting there with my mouth open after watching this Apple ad, and I can't remember something like that ever physically happening to me before. Just slow, building horror.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc

grammargirl,
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@dxzdb Thanks! Super interesting that they say the ad was created in house.

grammargirl, to random
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Any "Dune" fans here?

Tomorrow I'm interviewing big-time audiobook narrator Scott Brick, who narrates the "Dune" books, and Kevin J. Anderson who has written many "Dune" books.

Do you have any questions you'd like me to ask them (I'm especially interested in questions about the language of "Dune").

grammargirl,
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@EJGilbert Will do. Thanks!

grammargirl,
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@ianRobinson Thanks!

grammargirl,
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@SebastianBlanco Wow, that's a great tidbit and question! I have it in my notes to ask now. Thanks.

grammargirl,
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@croyle Interesting! I'll ask.

grammargirl,
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@AccordionBruce I'll ask him about this (but the short answer is yes.) 😀

grammargirl,
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@SebastianBlanco I passed the questions on to Scott and Kevin a bit ago, and Kevin says this isn't true. It's a bummer because it could have led to an interesting discussion, but good to know.

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@MelodyWainscott Got it!

grammargirl,
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@packetzero Good ones!

grammargirl,
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@mikeolson Good one. Got it!

grammargirl,
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@bodhipaksa @EJGilbert Yes! I our interview this morning, I learned that Frank Herbert had recorded many of the names and also had handwritten notes.

grammargirl, to random
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I get to do one of my favorite things today — reading a bunch of reference books to find fun facts to share!

OurLostArcade, to random
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Who’s afraid of the jukebox?

The coin-op industry was incredibly reluctant to accept the term “juke box” when it first took root in the 1940s.

This was mostly due to the first part of that word – let’s have a little etymological discussion.

grammargirl,
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@EclecticLee @OurLostArcade Cool, thanks!

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Congratulations to Ken Doctor and the team at Lookout Santa Cruz for recognition of their pathbreaking journalism. He's investing in news while the competition (hedge fund Alden) is not. And it shows. Bravo. https://lookout.co/lookout-santa-cruz-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-breaking-news-reporting/

grammargirl,
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@jeffjarvis Wow, that's fabulous news!

grammargirl, to random
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If you hear someone say, “My car needs warshed,” you know you’re in the Midland dialect territory.

grammargirl,
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@jsit Interesting. That one sounds standard to me. I'd say "or anything like that."

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