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imperturbable-perspicacity:

This is a secret I’ve kept buried for some time.

….

I went through a Wicked phase.

I was in high school, I was foolish and immature…everyone’s young once, right? And I hadn’t yet discovered the complexities of Sondheim.

But I’m recovering.

I slip a little every now and then, when random bits…

chekhovandowl:

Let me just get something off my chest…

I don’t like baying dogs. I could never have a beagle or a hound, because the howling bark sound drives me up walls. I can tolerate most scratchy terrier barks perfectly well. But that doesn’t give me the ability to say that…

imperturbable-perspicacity:

Where he “says” banning porn is something he sees eye-to-eye on with the Taliban?

This is a fake quote. It was created by Americans for a More American America, which is a political satire site.

I’m only pointing this out because I’ve seen a large number of people assuming that the…

scandalousdan:

Ciudadano del mundo: aurlbyanyothername: Does it make me pretentious to use the standard…

aurlbyanyothername:

scandalousdan:

aurlbyanyothername:

Does it make me pretentious to use the standard British spellings and formats when I’m writing even if I’m an…

The effects of fan fiction on Kansan idiolects… *now has a thesis paper subject*

aurlbyanyothername:

scandalousdan:

aurlbyanyothername:

Does it make me pretentious to use the standard British spellings and formats when I’m writing even if I’m an American?

I think not.

The differences between the British and the American spelling systems are arbitrary and superficial. Abandoning your people’s own system…

I never really thought about it that way. I just always viewed the British as more polished and eloquent than Americans (which probably isn’t true; I’m willing to bet the majority of England-ers don’t speak with “Posh” accent I find so attractive) and I find those qualities to be things to strive for. It’s horribly elitist and snobby but, you know. We all have your things.

And thanks you for loving the things I post. I’m going to follow you now :) In truth, with a description that has the phrases “amateur linguist” and “aficionado of musical theater,” I’m not sure why you weren’t already being followed. Must have slipped through the cracks somehow!

Yay, I have 4 followers now!

Sometimes I get a little defensive of our American dialects.  I once was an Anglophile myself—it’s hard not to like the way some people across the sea speak! — though I think my favorite dialect of English is that sort of upper-class Southern American English.  I don’t know how prevalent it is nowadays, but I imagine Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard speaking it on the porch of their large plantation mansion… oh how romantic!

oppreciate:

brokenheartmended:

This post is for those who like Sweeney Todd. But not just any version. The Tim Burton version.

And if you’re asking yourself: “If this is for those who like the Johnny Depp version then why the picture of some douchebag and douchbagette? Where’s the…

I could say the same thing about so many movie musicals..

youdiphthong:

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Oftentimes a non-linguist may ask a linguist (I will use this term for students as well) which language is easiest to learn, how many languages they know, or if one dialect is “better” than another.

One option is to tell them to think of…