Posts by muzzle@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AXX62siTDTlTNbtdaq by muzzle@mastodon.social
       2023-07-09T23:15:13Z
       
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       @grammargirl Yep, common down here, but often mangled.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXfohWdBEdrKJH2Di4 by muzzle@mastodon.social
       2023-07-14T04:13:18Z
       
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       @grammargirl It's everybody's, I guess. Everybody who's affected by it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXmvGE4WBlKOiVTH4y by muzzle@mastodon.social
       2023-07-17T14:29:44Z
       
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       @grammargirl Squirrel (away), rat (on), cow tow, worm (your way in), hawk(er), bug, shag, monkey (around), hen peck, weasel (your way out), horse around, parrot (mimic), ram, white ant, hound, badger, skylark, swallow 🙂, ferret (around), slug, bat...enough!
       
 (DIR) Post #AXyDw1p8z7zQuDYUeO by muzzle@mastodon.social
       2023-07-23T01:20:50Z
       
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       @grammargirl I used to care about this stuff, but now all I care about is minimising ambiguity and noise. Language predates linguistics by, what? A million years?
       
 (DIR) Post #AY4JIN1KevcyhY9xdg by muzzle@mastodon.social
       2023-07-25T23:49:10Z
       
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       @grammargirl We use context all the time to disambiguate the intended meaning of words. There is no ambiguity here, so all (is) good in my book. ("is" in parenthesis is to please the thin blue line)
       
 (DIR) Post #AcCHKw2ozh86EBCCBM by muzzle@mastodon.social
       2023-11-26T11:33:20Z
       
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       @lowqualityfacts Sound systems used to have a "Loud" button, but not these days. I think this explains the decline in education standards.