Post ATzAUOqMrIFRuMKCS8 by tc_morekindness@c.im
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(DIR) Post #ATyg8k6w6rO8s5pctU by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-25T15:08:30Z
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The weekend is a great time to listen to podcasts! ~ In This Week's Grammar Girl ~it's weird that we have both "a" and "an." Shouldn’t one be enough? Well, it gets even weirder from there!We also looked at how the meaning of “loneliness” has changed over time. It was a simpler problem to solve back in the 1600s🎶 https://pod.link/173429229📄 https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/a-an-loneliness/transcript?e=ebf3d8237df08ded2b7e90bc7dca8c602662ea8f82b97779f44062cc0ab0c75a📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fv2CWuu27M#podcast #GrammarGirl #linguistics
(DIR) Post #ATykYU9aSbySj7bOKW by RadiDaddy@mastodon.world
2023-03-25T15:57:56Z
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@grammargirl I suspect Tolkien, a linguist, was very aware of the older meaning of “loneliness” when he called Erebor “The Lonely Mountain” in “The Hobbit.” It also adds a layer or two to Vonnegut’s novel “Slapstick (Lonesome No More!).”One of my favorite uses of an archaic possessive is in Nick Lowe’s song “So It Goes.”“And in the air there’s aftershave lotionIn the wake of a snake-hipped Persian.On his arm was a skin-tight vision.Wonder why she ain’t mine, she is his’n.”
(DIR) Post #ATyn8mLwTOqJVJoaKO by Grizzlysgrowls@twit.social
2023-03-25T16:26:55Z
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@grammargirl I just added your podcast back to my podcatcher. I was subscribed a podcatcher or three ago, but I didn't find all the ones I used to have. Now I've got yours again! 🙂
(DIR) Post #ATyskas86fXcfiimKe by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-25T17:29:49Z
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@Grizzlysgrowls Yay! Welcome back. :)
(DIR) Post #ATysu0xIUyg4Ard9Sy by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-25T17:31:27Z
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@RadiDaddy Nice!
(DIR) Post #ATytUMu2NNMCfTRNJo by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-25T17:38:03Z
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@RadiDaddy I clipped it! https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxyiMFtXUVfKtN6EJxrQDfinB01JLU1SOD
(DIR) Post #ATytbEQKIeiGOgof9U by RadiDaddy@mastodon.world
2023-03-25T17:39:17Z
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@grammargirl That’s fantastic!
(DIR) Post #ATyuPCg34E4BSZzxlg by errg@ioc.exchange
2023-03-25T17:43:25Z
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@RadiDaddy @grammargirl Or the short seller's mantra on trading floors:He who sells what isn't his'nBuys it back, or goes to prison
(DIR) Post #ATyuPDO0QnEDeuZ4Hg by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-25T17:48:19Z
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@errg I love it!
(DIR) Post #ATzAUOqMrIFRuMKCS8 by tc_morekindness@c.im
2023-03-25T20:48:33Z
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@grammargirl When I was learning French in school 50-ish years ago, I was taught that the word "seule" meant both "lonely" and "alone." That puzzled (and bothered) me a little, as those two English words mean different things. I gathered that the choice of verb is a way to distinguish between the two meanings, e.g., "I feel lonely" and "I am alone." (Please correct me if I have this wrong.) I wonder, though, is it possible that the French may not have drawn as sharp a distinction, culturally, between "lonely" and "alone"?
(DIR) Post #ATzAZdSVwlHEgUfEtU by tc_morekindness@c.im
2023-03-25T20:49:30Z
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@grammargirl When I was learning French in school, I was taught that the word "seule" meant both "lonely" and "alone." That puzzled (and bothered) me a little, as those two English words mean different things. I gathered that the choice of verb is a way to distinguish between the two meanings, e.g., "I feel lonely" and "I am alone." (Please correct me if I have this wrong.) I wonder, though, is it possible that the French may not have drawn as sharp a distinction, culturally, between "lonely" and "alone"?