I wish everyone who ever had a crush on me would let me know. I’m way past the point of temptation or nostalgic crisis but I could still use the ego boost.
@cshlan@TheSauce@anathema_device I think we all knew it was slang for pounds, but were wondering if there was a general “rule” about when or why you’d switch to the slang.
I've read enough of The Ends of Knowledge (ed @SethRudy & Rachael Scarborough King) to recommend it to people in #DH, literary studies, and #18thC. Not just "interdisciplinary," it aims to produce a Diderot/d'Alembert scale overview! I found Mark A-H's chapter on DH esp. illuminating. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ends-of-knowledge-9781350242302/
On Monday, my wife will drive through the new ten-foot gate and fence surrounding her school where they will fire live rounds so teachers will know what real gunfire sounds like as they learn to apply tourniquets to children.
@anneapplebaum As an accidental resident of Tennessee, I would like to contribute additional testimony about this issue to the effect that fuck, we're so fucked.