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This actually happened at my last jobAh, that makes sense.
Many of the lines are direct or near-direct quotes.I had a feeling.
And I'm probably safe pointing out here that the coworker in question was literally named Karen.
Similarly, the efficiency brought about by standardisation can shape how we write, not just what we write. When clarity is put ahead of stylistic or poetic flair – Word's grammar checker has a specific "clarity" refinement option – it can have implications for how we value forms of creativity.
Based on a quick, albeit arbitrary, experiment, if Harper Lee had used Word to write To Kill a Mockingbird, the software's clarity refinement would have suggested changing: "I never loved to read. One does not love breathing," to "I never loved to read. Breathing is necessary." Does this remove the poetry and depth of the original? The example is somewhat facetious, but it illustrates the effects using such tools can have.
Dear Faculty,
The year is about to start. Get your @#!$%! together, read your email and finish your grading on time.
Have a good year.
It seems like possible mispronunciations would be the main appeal to school children.Nah. It's just silly and fun, especially once you have a chain with lots of people. Like this!
Cool. I'd wondered about it, but never thought to look it up.Neither did I. It showed up in my newsfeed.
I was thinking about what a weird word "cantaloupe" is, and thinking about the etymology, which seems like it would mean "wolf song", so I looked it up, and it kind of does.
