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Charlatans & Bores | Clare Bucknell | The New York Review of Books
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@MonaApp "The default Mastodon app for everyone."
Everyone, except people who do not use an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer still running sufficiently recent versions of their original OSs.
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I am@partial to a bit of pedantry as some have noticed in the past, but this is world class by Mr Brisbane. From Pedantry Corner, Private Eye
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Just back from checking notifications on my bots BobTheTraveler and ConanTheSysadmin after letting them accumulate for a month. Now caught up. Except for the one guy who seems very insistent that OF COURSE the Coriolis Force MUST make drains swirl the opposite direction, and I need to do the research to come up with the precise numbers. I suspect that I'll hear from him again.
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Today's, slightly pedantic, grammar/vocabulary query. How and why has it become fashionable to use adverbs with no intrinsic indication of size or speed to imply something is big and fast?
Examples include: at scale, at pace, at speed. There are probably others. They don't mean what the speaker/writer seems to be implying.
/rant
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/116210644218459297
The correct use of an ellipsis is "…" and not "...". #typography #pedantry
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ralphwaldoemerson #littleminds #clergy #consistency #details #focus #inconsistency #littlepeople #littlethings #nitpicking #obsession #organization #particular #pedantry #philosopher #politician #trivialities
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ralphwaldoemerson #littleminds #clergy #consistency #details #focus #inconsistency #littlepeople #littlethings #nitpicking #obsession #organization #particular #pedantry #philosopher #politician #trivialities
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ralphwaldoemerson #littleminds #clergy #consistency #details #focus #inconsistency #littlepeople #littlethings #nitpicking #obsession #organization #particular #pedantry #philosopher #politician #trivialities
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ralphwaldoemerson #littleminds #clergy #consistency #details #focus #inconsistency #littlepeople #littlethings #nitpicking #obsession #organization #particular #pedantry #philosopher #politician #trivialities
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@Remittancegirl
(Strictly, since it is derived from the geometry set sort of compasses rather than the geography sort, and shortened from encompasses, the trouble is with those whose moral compass does not exclude anything. Too much rather than nothing.But pointers to behaviour, I agree.)
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@dkmcf @galacticstone You forgot to tag your post with #pedantry.
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RFC: When using them as a modal verb, prefer:
* "may" to express permission
* "might" to express possibility (subjunctive mood)
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Allow me some #pedantry .
There is no such phrase as "runs the gambit". It's "gamut". Yes, I know you don't know what a "gamut" is, but that's the actual correct word, so use it. Stop saying "runs the gambit", particularly if you are on TV or in a printed work or something where there should be editors around who know better.
First offense: I will take a cardboard tube from inside a roll of paper towels and bop you on the head with it, several times.
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Allow me some #pedantry .
There is no such phrase as "runs the gambit". It's "gamut". Yes, I know you don't know what a "gamut" is, but that's the actual correct word, so use it. Stop saying "runs the gambit", particularly if you are on TV or in a printed work or something where there should be editors around who know better.
First offense: I will take a cardboard tube from inside a roll of paper towels and bop you on the head with it, several times.
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Allow me some #pedantry .
There is no such phrase as "runs the gambit". It's "gamut". Yes, I know you don't know what a "gamut" is, but that's the actual correct word, so use it. Stop saying "runs the gambit", particularly if you are on TV or in a printed work or something where there should be editors around who know better.
First offense: I will take a cardboard tube from inside a roll of paper towels and bop you on the head with it, several times.
#LearnVocabulary #English #MFDoYouSpeakIt -
Allow me some #pedantry .
There is no such phrase as "runs the gambit". It's "gamut". Yes, I know you don't know what a "gamut" is, but that's the actual correct word, so use it. Stop saying "runs the gambit", particularly if you are on TV or in a printed work or something where there should be editors around who know better.
First offense: I will take a cardboard tube from inside a roll of paper towels and bop you on the head with it, several times.
#LearnVocabulary #English #MFDoYouSpeakIt -
Allow me some #pedantry .
There is no such phrase as "runs the gambit". It's "gamut". Yes, I know you don't know what a "gamut" is, but that's the actual correct word, so use it. Stop saying "runs the gambit", particularly if you are on TV or in a printed work or something where there should be editors around who know better.
First offense: I will take a cardboard tube from inside a roll of paper towels and bop you on the head with it, several times.
#LearnVocabulary #English #MFDoYouSpeakIt -
Happy new year from the one appliance that represents time properly:
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In an effort to post something cheerful and non-screechy today ... here's my new favorite Christmas-themed video, via my son (who knows me too well).
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In an effort to post something cheerful and non-screechy today ... here's my new favorite Christmas-themed video, via my son (who knows me too well).
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In an effort to post something cheerful and non-screechy today ... here's my new favorite Christmas-themed video, via my son (who knows me too well).
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In an effort to post something cheerful and non-screechy today ... here's my new favorite Christmas-themed video, via my son (who knows me too well).
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In an effort to post something cheerful and non-screechy today ... here's my new favorite Christmas-themed video, via my son (who knows me too well).
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@JessTheUnstill @IsabelB No, the FY from the Scots was overlaying St. Andrew over St. George - in essence "crossing out the English" - which some Scots did under James VI, though that was never the official design.
The whole idea of counterchanging was established heraldry at the first Act of Union in 1801. #pedantry #FlagGeek -
@opencage #fridaygeotrivia America (MURICAAHHH!🦅 ) / US 🇺🇸 #pedantry "common" name
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Re: orientation of toilet paper. I refer the reader to US Patent 465588A, of Dec 22, 1891: https://patents.google.com/patent/US465588A/en #pedantry https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/115544005465560672
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@BBCWildlife @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife "differ from" not "to".
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@Photo55 You're right, but it probably won't surprise you that I try to vacuum the carpet and websearch the internet. As the unofficial motto of so many scientific trades goes: "you don't have to be autistic to work here, but it helps". 🤪
And yet I use eponymous words like "quisling" and "boycot" (and indeed I admire the Norwegians and the Irish for consigning those of whom they disapproved so enduringly to villainy), so I'm sure there will be commercially derived words that I use - just as you describe - but I am ignorant of their etymology.
#pedantry #pedantic #autism #neurodivergent #neuroatypical #talkingVeryPreciselyAboutVeryPreciseThings #Feynman #Dawkins #language #linguistics #STEM #psychology #memetics #memes #neuroLinguisticProgramming #NLP #advertising #propaganda #cambridgeAnalytica #poetry #love #language #music #art
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@Photo55 You're right, but it probably won't surprise you that I try to vacuum the carpet and websearch the internet. As the unofficial motto of so many scientific trades goes: "you don't have to be autistic to work here, but it helps". 🤪
And yet I use eponymous words like "quisling" and "boycot" (and indeed I admire the Norwegians and the Irish for consigning those of whom they disapproved so enduringly to villainy), so I'm sure there will be commercially derived words that I use - just as you describe - but I am ignorant of their etymology.
#pedantry #pedantic #autism #neurodivergent #neuroatypical #talkingVeryPreciselyAboutVeryPreciseThings #Feynman #Dawkins #language #linguistics #STEM #psychology #memetics #memes #neuroLinguisticProgramming #NLP #advertising #propaganda #cambridgeAnalytica #poetry #love #language #music #art
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@Photo55 You're right, but it probably won't surprise you that I try to vacuum the carpet and websearch the internet. As the unofficial motto of so many scientific trades goes: "you don't have to be autistic to work here, but it helps". 🤪
And yet I use eponymous words like "quisling" and "boycot" (and indeed I admire the Norwegians and the Irish for consigning those of whom they disapproved so enduringly to villainy), so I'm sure there will be commercially derived words that I use - just as you describe - but I am ignorant of their etymology.
#pedantry #pedantic #autism #neurodivergent #neuroatypical #talkingVeryPreciselyAboutVeryPreciseThings #Feynman #Dawkins #language #linguistics #STEM #psychology #memetics #memes #neuroLinguisticProgramming #NLP #advertising #propaganda #cambridgeAnalytica #poetry #love #language #music #art
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@Photo55 You're right, but it probably won't surprise you that I try to vacuum the carpet and websearch the internet. As the unofficial motto of so many scientific trades goes: "you don't have to be autistic to work here, but it helps". 🤪
And yet I use eponymous words like "quisling" and "boycot" (and indeed I admire the Norwegians and the Irish for consigning those of whom they disapproved so enduringly to villainy), so I'm sure there will be commercially derived words that I use - just as you describe - but I am ignorant of their etymology.
#pedantry #pedantic #autism #neurodivergent #neuroatypical #talkingVeryPreciselyAboutVeryPreciseThings #Feynman #Dawkins #language #linguistics #STEM #psychology #memetics #memes #neuroLinguisticProgramming #NLP #advertising #propaganda #cambridgeAnalytica #poetry #love #language #music #art
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@Photo55 You're right, but it probably won't surprise you that I try to vacuum the carpet and websearch the internet. As the unofficial motto of so many scientific trades goes: "you don't have to be autistic to work here, but it helps". 🤪
And yet I use eponymous words like "quisling" and "boycot" (and indeed I admire the Norwegians and the Irish for consigning those of whom they disapproved so enduringly to villainy), so I'm sure there will be commercially derived words that I use - just as you describe - but I am ignorant of their etymology.
#pedantry #pedantic #autism #neurodivergent #neuroatypical #talkingVeryPreciselyAboutVeryPreciseThings #Feynman #Dawkins #language #linguistics #STEM #psychology #memetics #memes #neuroLinguisticProgramming #NLP #advertising #propaganda #cambridgeAnalytica #poetry #love #language #music #art
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@samlitzinger The media have lots of problems these days. How many of them come from reporters not knowing to say, “None of us is…”? #pedantry
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@0xabad1dea I feel like you could still end up being stabbed by the unblockable spear even if your shield didn't break. #pedantry
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Hey #photography peeps, you know that the whole point of the #SilentSunday tag is that you post a photo with no explanation or any other writing, just the photo, and the tag..?
I love seeing your photos with stories attached, they're great, but it gives me the irits when there a whole essay and then you whack a #SilentSunday at the end.
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Hey #photography peeps, you know that the whole point of the #SilentSunday tag is that you post a photo with no explanation or any other writing, just the photo, and the tag..?
I love seeing your photos with stories attached, they're great, but it gives me the irits when there a whole essay and then you whack a #SilentSunday at the end.
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Hey #photography peeps, you know that the whole point of the #SilentSunday tag is that you post a photo with no explanation or any other writing, just the photo, and the tag..?
I love seeing your photos with stories attached, they're great, but it gives me the irits when there a whole essay and then you whack a #SilentSunday at the end.
#YoureDoingItWrong #Pedantry #OldManShoutsAtCloud -
Hey #photography peeps, you know that the whole point of the #SilentSunday tag is that you post a photo with no explanation or any other writing, just the photo, and the tag..?
I love seeing your photos with stories attached, they're great, but it gives me the irits when there a whole essay and then you whack a #SilentSunday at the end.
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Hey #photography peeps, you know that the whole point of the #SilentSunday tag is that you post a photo with no explanation or any other writing, just the photo, and the tag..?
I love seeing your photos with stories attached, they're great, but it gives me the irits when there a whole essay and then you whack a #SilentSunday at the end.
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Watching Games Workshop staff play classic Warhammer Quest on Warhammer TV and… I think they're getting the Death-Blow rule incorrectly.
"If there is another Monster standing in an adjacent square to the Warrior's initial target, and that is still within the range of his attack, the swing of his blade may catch it too."
Okay, fine. We used to play "adjacent" as in "round in a circle", but you could hit the one to the east and then the north because it's diagonally adjacent.
Except…:
"This mighty blow, which we call a death-blow, stops when the Warrior fails to kill a Monster with a single blow, or his blade meets an obstacle such as a wall or another Warrior."
So the Dwarf's deathblow in the first room should have stopped when it hit the elf and shouldn't have been able to hit the second goblin.
And then with the skaven, the barbarian killed two, skipped a monster, and injured a third which… shouldn't happen. He should have hit the monster that he skipped instead!
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CLITANDRE: A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.
[Un sot savant est sot plus qu’un sot ignorant.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Les Femmes Savantes [The Learned Ladies], Act 4, sc. 3 (1692) [tr. Van Laun (1876)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/42174/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #pedantry #dolt #education #folly #fool #ignorance #learning #sophomore
