FeliciaDavin a VERY specific, trivial complaint: I hate that apostrophes are a cliché of fantasy languages, because sometimes I wanna put a glottal stop in a made-up word and an apostrophe would be the easiest way to convey that, but I just can't bring myself to do it
EnglishGibson [American friend of my wife’s telling a story]
Him: So there were these /nɑts/ in the threads…
Me: Sorry, did you say ‘gnats’ or ‘nets’?
Him: /nɑts/, like, tied into the threads.
Me: Oh, knots!!!
[general mirth]
GretchenAMcC Book milestones: today's the day I get to tell the copyeditor NO REALLY, KEEP ALL THOSE SINGULAR THEYS
#amwriting
EdmundGriffiths You know who'd have been annoying on twitter, though: Socrates. Imagine the sinking feeling when the notification popped up saying he'd replied to one of your tweets. Oh gods here we go again. And his fanboys Plato & Xenophon favouriting all his replies. Doesn't bear thinking abt
florianaigner Noch nie war Umweltschutz so wichtig wie heute. Und noch nie waren Umweltschutzorganisationen dabei so wenig hilfreich. Wenn der Sprung von technikfeindlicher Ideologie zu wissenschaftsbasiertem Umweltschutz nicht gelingt, sieht die Zukunft düster aus.
Herr_Rau Anhänge aus der Hölle. #Digitalisierung pic.twitter.com/Um7jmggeTa
ka_waltz someone: hey could you let me know if i need a comma here?
me, has a B.S. in linguistics: do u feel a comma in your heart
@darni1337 @SophiePassmann Was wäre dann ein gutes Beispiel?
texttheater “If I Google your name, will I find your e-mail address?” – “You will find a prose description of it, in German.”
hardmaru “Research solutions that provide a tiny accuracy benefit at the cost of massive increases in system complexity are rarely wise practice.”
GabrielBerlin THIS JUST IN nur noch mit DIES JUST REIN übersetzen, alle flippen völlig aus, abonnieren BRECHEND NEUES, schalten ins CNN SITUATIONSZIMMER