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Grammar Girl. Podcaster. New York Times bestselling author. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. California. she/her

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If you enjoyed my interview with @bgzimmer last week about crossword puzzles, check out his Crossword Craze website.

The most recent post is about Simon and Schuster trying to hide their identity as the publishers of the first "novelty" crossword books, but being discovered by "Publisher's Weekly" after the books became runaway bestsellers.

https://crosswordcraze.today/publishers-weekly-the-cross-word-puzzle-solved/

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What words do you think capture the zeitgeist of the year so far?

We're about halfway through 2024 (ack!), so I want to get a jump on collecting candidates for the word-of-the-year vote in December.

What do you think the 2024 word of the year should be?

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After a long morning of loading the POD, stuffing the car, cleaning, scrubbing, double-checking, all on very little sleep… we’re off! here we come.

loves these long road trips.

First night: Sacramento-ish.

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@GottaLaff Congratulations!

grammargirl , to random
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Any "Dune" fans here?

Tomorrow I'm interviewing big-time audiobook narrator Scott Brick, who narrates the "Dune" books, and Kevin J. Anderson who has written many "Dune" books.

Do you have any questions you'd like me to ask them (I'm especially interested in questions about the language of "Dune").

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House hunting in remotely with our twins as our eyes, ears, using FaceTime is... novel.

It sure beats driving 1200 miles on a whim like we did a month ago.

grammargirl ,
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@GottaLaff We've done that a few times, often asking, "What does it smell like?"

grammargirl , to random
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Did anyone else just feel a really quick, strong on the central coast of California?

grammargirl OP ,
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow Many thanks!

grammargirl , to random
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Shocking news today that Dictionary.com has laid off all its lexicographers.

I already had a line in next week's podcast about dictionaries being a tough industry, and now it's even more true.

Some great company should hire them all; they're a real dream team

Check out @korystamper, @grantbarrett, John Kelly and more.

They're posting at LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/john-kelly-content_dictionarycom-meanings-definitions-of-activity-7184630769942695936-r6Vr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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Via Will: "When a cargo ship took out a #Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our #immigration debate

The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life.

This column meant more to me than anything I've written for a while. Here's an excerpt. Please take a moment to read the whole thing."

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/baltimore-bridge-collapse-immigrant-deaths-20240328.html#loaded

‘When the Dali cargo ship demolished that bridge support on Tuesday. it also obliterated all the ridiculous lies and myths our demagogues have been spreading around immigration. There were no sex traffickers aboard the Key Bridge that night. Nobody was dealing fentanyl. They ‘were not “animals,” but fathers and husbands like Suazo and Luna, ‘whose wife occasionally showed up in her food truck to bring the men tacos and pupusas. They were filling potholes so their children could have an even better life. These six workers who perished were not “poisoning the blood of our country,” they were replenishing it. This is a moment of clarity when we need to reject the national disease of xenophobia and restore our faith in the United States as a beacon for the best people like Maynor Suazo. They may have been born all over the continent, but when these men plunged into our waters on Tuesday. they died as Americans.
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    @GottaLaff @willbunch Thanks, Laffy. Do you know if there's a GoFundMe for the families?

    grammargirl , to random
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    Since a lot of people are talking about what they were doing four years ago, I opened my old calendar.

    Four years ago today, I wrote down "Pat got coughed on."

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    @drwhitt Interesting. That feels a little early to me.

    I also remember that we were freaking out hoping huge crowds didn't come to town for March Madness. (We lived in Reno, and it's always a big event for the casinos.)

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    @drwhitt I work from home, so I guess that part of it wasn't as significant a difference in my life. I have no specific, date-based memory of when the people I know who do go into offices stopped.

    grammargirl , to random
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    I find this hard to believe but supposedly "Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a touchscreen." If true, that is some of the most sci-fi shit I've ever seen in the real world.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/your-fingerprints-can-be-recreated-from-the-sounds-made-when-you-swipe-on-a-touchscreen-researchers-new-side-channel-attack-can-reproduce-partial-fingerprints-to-enable-attacks?utm_source=aitoolreport.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=north-korea-using-chatgpt-to-scam-linkedin-users

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    Here's a handy guide to check yourself against; which way do you display/store/shelve your ?

    I have so many that I fit a number of different categories depending on which part of he house you're in.... I doubt I'm alone in my pluralist shelving habits

    @bookstodon

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/shelf-absorbed-nine-ways-to-arrange-your-bookshelves-and-what-they-say-about-you

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    @Grizzlysgrowls @raindrops_and_roses @bookstodon Thanks, Griz!

    My podcast is called "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing." You can find various links to it here: https://pod.link/173429229

    "The Endless Knot" (@AllEndlessKnot) and "Lexitecture" podcasts both talk about word origins.

    Coincidentally, I saw a respected editor post about the word "curate" on LinkedIn today: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rewriting-zombies-curate-reveal-erin-brenner-wgn2e/

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    I like it, and it has an interesting parallel with "parenting."

    I actually talked about it in my TEDx talk a few years ago. This link will take you right to that part of the talk if you're interested:

    https://youtu.be/wfCXKhlxFkY?si=GIY1Qf-L91zAz2Ls&t=720

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    @AllEndlessKnot @Grizzlysgrowls @raindrops_and_roses @bookstodon Yes! "The History of English" is another great show!

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