Author Topic: New column-type thingy (Read 107927 times)

rivka · « **Reply #575 on:** May 16, 2013, 11:29:37 PM »

Interesting.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #576 on:** May 17, 2013, 03:20:32 AM »

Thanks For Sharing That, It Really Is Interesting.

pooka · « **Reply #577 on:** May 29, 2013, 12:55:37 PM »

I guess in the end it does come down to the quality of the argument. If you can provide even a shred of reasoning for a preferred verbiage editors and English teachers eat it up. But by advancing an argument one opens the question up for linguists to argue which they do sure as the world turning. It becomes a game of chicken over who take the argument too far.

Jonathon · « **Reply #578 on:** June 28, 2013, 12:50:04 PM »

Solstices, Vegetables, and Official Definitions

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #579 on:** June 28, 2013, 04:35:19 PM »

Nice. Change "moth" to "month", though, in the second paragraph.

Jonathon · « **Reply #580 on:** June 28, 2013, 05:26:04 PM »

Thanks.

pooka · « **Reply #581 on:** July 02, 2013, 11:21:23 AM »

Hekka calls tomatoes the fruit that used to be a vegetable.

Jonathon · « **Reply #582 on:** September 23, 2013, 08:37:58 AM »

I wrote the script for today's Grammar Girl podcast. It's on etymologically related homophones.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #583 on:** September 23, 2013, 09:28:25 AM »

Nice! How come the Grammar Girl didn't let you read it yourself?

Jonathon · « **Reply #584 on:** September 23, 2013, 10:45:18 AM »

Because then it would be Grammar Some Random Guy, and that would confuse the heck out of people.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #585 on:** September 23, 2013, 11:12:08 AM »

I might actually read a "Grammar Some Random Guy" blog.

Jonathon · « **Reply #586 on:** September 23, 2013, 11:37:13 AM »

Maybe I'll retitle my blog.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #587 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:23:46 PM »

I'd read your blog no matter what you called it. Of all the language blogs I follow, it's my favorite.

Jonathon · « **Reply #588 on:** September 23, 2013, 03:47:49 PM »

Aw, shucks.

Jonathon · « **Reply #589 on:** October 23, 2013, 12:49:56 PM »

Look! I finally wrote a new post, this time a review of a book called Shady Characters.

Jonathon · « **Reply #590 on:** November 18, 2013, 12:15:01 PM »

12 Mistakes Nearly Everyone Who Writes about Grammar Mistakes Makes

Jonathon · « **Reply #591 on:** November 18, 2013, 03:11:58 PM »

Holy crap. This post is going gangbusters. It's gotten over 1700 views today, compared to previous highs of about 100 views in the last 30 days.

Brinestone · « **Reply #592 on:** November 18, 2013, 03:34:06 PM »

Whoa.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #593 on:** November 18, 2013, 03:59:17 PM »

It's a good one. I like the bit at the end about Davidson's Law, or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays.

Jonathon · « **Reply #594 on:** November 18, 2013, 09:24:47 PM »

Thanks!

Also, it looks like I might break 5000 views today.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #595 on:** November 19, 2013, 02:42:47 AM »

Jeepers! If your wildly popular blog somehow yields a book deal, would you at least consider having floating disembodied heads on the cover. They don't have to be prophets (because derivative); they could be linguists (because homage).

Jonathon · « **Reply #596 on:** November 19, 2013, 08:26:53 AM »

I hit 5,329 yesterday and have already broken 6,000 today. This is nuts.

And if I do get a book deal, I promise that I will at least consider having floating heads on the cover.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #597 on:** November 19, 2013, 08:49:00 AM »

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #598 on:** November 19, 2013, 11:01:34 AM »

I wonder if people like it so much because it's a list. What is it with lists?

Jonathon · « **Reply #599 on:** November 19, 2013, 11:16:39 AM »

I don't know. As much as Buzzfeed and its ilk bug me, it's clear that they've found a formula that works.

At least I resisted the urge to dump in a bunch of animated GIFs.