The Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George went to San Diego Comic-Con! @thecomicon.bsky.social. PBS kids! @pbs.org @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

“Sending these to shareholders in the annual report isn’t quite what we meant by preparing a self-review.”

What a fine time I had discussing changing US dialects with Maxx Fuller, Adam Llorens, and Paul Millgate, on Fox 9 in Eden Prairie, MN, using this article filled with the linguists who did the actual work as a springboard. Video: www.fox9.com/video/1643884 Springboard: apnews.com/article/migr...

“Ice piracy” is when a glacier "steals" ice from a neighboring one, a multi-decade change. It is considered fast in the context of ice sheets, which move at glacial speeds and geological scales, after all. tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

My favorite programming term of the week is the walrus operator from Python. := It lets Python grab a value and give it a short‑term label in one move, inside another action.

In word-hunting this week, came across a Hindi idiom: उन्नीस‑बीस का फ़र्क़ (unnīs‑bīs kā farq), also expressed as उन्नीस‑बीस का अंतर होना, which literally means “the difference between nineteen and twenty.” It's a quick way to say “there’s hardly any difference” or “only a hair’s breadth separates the two.”

Somebody had legible index cards.

@annekosseffjones.bsky.social

In the tradition of the prophet Muhammad, I have to cut off the bed linens so as not to disturb the cat.

Make sure to buckle in your loved ones. Photo: a burrito run.

DELIGHTFUL. www.tumblr.com/stingrayextr...

Who was the editor who used international variants on the word "Lamb" as names in examples in that New York Times Style Guide? Examples attached. Was it Allan Seigal or William Connolly or someone else?

I'll be on Red River Radio out of Shreveport, Louisiana, helping to fundraise for that great community radio station tomorrow, Saturday, March 9, at 9 a.m. Central Time. www.redriverradio.org/contact-us Support your local public radio!

For seasonal cold sufferers, from 1875. archive.org/details/heal...

DIAGNOSIS OF A COLD.
(According to the theory of Dr. O. W. Holmes.)
I
Moan,
Sigh,
Groan,
I sneeze--
I wheeze
Cold chills
Like rills
Creep o'er.
Red nose
Redder grows,
When it blows-
And how sore!

Hey! That's me introducing "cromulent" as the word of the day! https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/cromulent-2023-12-22/

The Dictionary.com team chose our 2023 word-of-the year: "hallucinate," in the artificial intelligence meaning of producing unexpected false information and presenting it as if true. https://content.dictionary.com/word-of-the-year-2023/

Make your 2023 words-of-the-year nominations! https://bit.ly/23WOTYNOMS

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