#diction — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #diction, aggregated by home.social.
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Beautifully put 🥹:
“I Like 'Em Thick”, Adam Mastroianni (https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-like-em-thick).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347543
#Art #Literature #Depth #Beauty #Skill #Appreciation #Analysis #Fiction #Diction #Craft #Thick #Layers
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Oubliette is one of the most satisfying words of them all.
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The Art of Fiction by John Gardner https://hokkaidomarket.net/books-info.php?item=1645 #REFERENCE #BOOKS #BOOKSHOP #ADVICE #DICTION #STRUCTURE #bookstodon
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The weird history of Spoonerisms: English's silliest slips-of-the-tongue
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/history-of-the-spoonerism
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@signalapp
In the article that broke this story, #JeffreyGoldberg called #Signal a "commercial" messaging app.
https://archive.is/F9FSeAnd as far as I can tell, most of the media are following his lead on that.
But Signal is #OpenSource, developed and managed by the #nonprofit Signal Foundation. I'd call that non-commercial or barely commercial. I think Goldberg and other journalists mean "non-governmental" or "private sector".
Small point in the big picture. But it's not as if Signal is profiting from the govt business or even the publicity.
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It strikes me that I just love the way Old Hollywood stars like Barbara Stanwyck talk, and I wish that was me...then I realize that it can be me. Practice, practice, practice, and before I know it I'll have the voice of my dreams. 😇
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"JD #Vance’s Combative Style Confounds Democrats but Pleases #Trump"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/us/politics/jd-vance-trump-vp.htmlThe #NYTimes (@nytimes) doesn't understand what "confounds" means. Dems are not "confounded" by Vance's rhetoric. They understand it, answer it, denounce it, refute it, ridicule it.
By contrast. Trump and Vance are confounded by #Harris and #Walz. They're floundering for an effective line of attack.
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2/ I only post this because the misuse of "PDF" is a pet peeve.
Sorry to spell out the obvious. PDF is a file format, not a paywall. It has nothing to do with paywalls. PDFs can be #OpenAccess.A related mistake is to use "the PDF" as a synonym for the version of record, as opposed to some other version, like a preprint or accepted author manuscript. Sorry. Any version can be a PDF, and the version of record can be any file format.
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The letter 'T' continues to disappear. Language is evolving before our ears.
Just hearing an #NPR news reader now talking about the verdict released yesterday in "Manha - un" and then she moved on to an update on the "Affordable Care ack."
This must've been what it was like living through the "Great Vowel Shift" in the English language during the 15th/16th century.
Of course, their Internet radio channel selection was much poorer back then.
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Please do not use the positive “anymore.” It is a term to be used only in the negative and you pain me and embarrass yourself in the doing.
“When I want a new silken fancy, I just head to eBay anymore.”
No. Not. Thank you.
#grammar #anymore #killingme #pleasestop #diction #linguistics
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started a #wikipedia article on US contralto singer, voice teacher, Adele Laeis Baldwin (1864-1927): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Laeis_Baldwin @wikiwomeninred @juilliardschool @carnegiehall #voice #diction #oratorio
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#diction #colloquialisms #writingCommunity #uk
If 'innit' is British colloquial for "isn't it," is 'dinnit' colloquial "doesn't it?" -
The Nigerians learning to speak with British #accents #language #linguistics #diction
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It's "jibe."
Things in harmony jibe. They rarely also "jive."
