"in the business of verisimilitude -- and that cannot be constrained by pedantry."¹

• 2nd day of ‘pidgin & creole languages’ class

  Instructor:  “And i hope you find the class interesting.  I’m never quite sure of everyone’s reasons for taking the class, and i just hope they [...]

• spouse & spouse

  When Washington changed their marriage paperwork to accommodate same-sex marriage, they debated replacing “wife/husband” with “spouse a/spouse b”, “applicant 1 / applicant 2″, and other [...]

• home decorating, word nerd -style

  I kind of love welcome mats.  I love when they have cats on them, when they’re silly, when they’re seasonal.  But i’ve refused to actually [...]

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