"no sonneteer had insisted on Mr. Casaubon’s leaving a copy of himself"

*weeps with jealousy over her sad desk PB&J*

Yessss. Although scholarship also has its joys. Cf the time I had to specify "Please include an entry for 'fart jokes' in the index."

I'm pretty sure that as soon as Cheney arrived, Satan just filed him in a man-sized safe.

I can eavesdrop pretty well in three languages, and I *never* overhear people saying rude things. It's all "Yuri, which cheese should we get?" or "Kids! We're going home!" Only exception: me and my mom, both native speakers of English, when we switch to Russian. I guess we're the problem.

Or maybe he's unaware it's possible to speak more than one language? like:
Vance: [hears neighbor speaking Spanish] Oh no how will we ever communicate?
Neighbor: Good morning, JD, how are you?
Vance: Now you speak English? This is dark magic!

Theory: JD Vance's neighbors have all learned Cherokee or Finnish or some other difficult-to-learn-by-new-speakers language, and use it exclusively in public specifically to avoid talking to him.

I would thank, had I not lost his name and address, a gentleman in America, who has generously and gratuitously corrected the punctuation, the botany, the entomology, the geography, and the chronology of previous works of mine and will, I hope, not spare his services on the present occasion. —Woolf

Virtual sign up: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/7ttdx...

In person sign up: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/a7uq2...

Yes. And, as a corollary, that you're allowed to like things someone else has decided are "not for you." And that likes or dislikes don't have to be monolithic—maybe you like some science fiction books or subgenres and not others! it's possible!

I'm never going to forget the time a student explained that she didn't like The Left Hand of Darkness because "girls don't like science fiction." At a women's college, surrounded by other students and me, all of whom liked the book. Apparently stereotype > evidence.

«Почему он так медленно работает? Что с ним?»
«Нельзя, мама, он не говорит порусски, но слышит твой тон.»