A Joke A DayBeauty Parlour
I think I’ll start a beauty parlor promoted as “By bad spellers for poor readers.”
I’ll call it Heredressers.
#AucklandComedy #BeautyParlour #Comedy #NZComedy #Spelling
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PhilosophicsAlthough I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.
My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.
#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing
Stan Carey"Ethology" referring to the study of animal behaviour is about a century old and was (somewhat) popularized through the work of Niko Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz, which is where I first saw it.
But it never quite caught on. Even now, as de Waal writes, spell-checkers "regularly change it to ethnology, etiology, or even theology".
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NatyNew #blog on #BurgeonLab ✍️
➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/free-private-offline-spell-check-proofreader-languagetool/
I don't know why I haven't writen about my #LanguageTool setup before; it's one of my favourite open source softwares. If you want to get a free and private & offline #spelling #grammar checker and proof reading app, this is your guide (for macOS, should be similar on Linux).
If you have any feedback/questions, let me know!
#blogging #blogs #guides #newpost #blogpost #smolweb #techblog #techguides #foss #openSource #privacy #selfhosting
Darth Hideout 🏳️🌈[This list may grow. Sorry. This stuff drives me nuts.]
The Name of the Rose
(not "In the Name of...")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
(not "Rhyme")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner
Ode on a Grecian Urn
(not "... to a...")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_on_a_Grecian_Urn
Strait of Hormuz
(not "Straight")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
#PSA #Spelling #Names #Titles #Poetry #Novels #Geography #subtoot #HashtagGames
LisaRandom morning thought:
How do you, personally, abbreviate "et cetera" (Latin, 'and the rest' or 'and so on') in English:
etc
etc.
&c
&c.
other (comment)
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Flipboard Culture DeskWhat does it mean that so many powerful men seem to give zero hoots about spelling, punctuation and grammar? @WSJ takes a look at the missives of Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and others to find out if it's a power move, friendliness, or simply the fact that they don't have secretaries to correct all their errors anymore.