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Oh hey, language evolution…
Fellow linguists: have you noticed that the possessive construction “<NAME> and I’s <THING>” has recently come into widespread usage? Example: “I am going to the store to get Devon and I’s dinner”. I have never used this construction, and I think it sounds incredibly awkward, but I’m coming across many people who are, including close friends and family. Anyone else? Does this sound weird to you too?
Edit: another example: “I just picked up Devon and I’s tickets”. That sounds way too strange to me, whereas “I just picked up Devon’s and my tickets” sounds fine.
Octopi Wall Street? Painter Filthy Luker’s inflatable tentacles slither out of buildings and give urban audiences “art-attacks.”
Keep Calm and Hail Cthulhu
Can anyone really keep calm in the face of Cthulhu?
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I almost spit coffee all over my monitor.
Fucking awesome.
Ikea’s released the manual for that cardboard digital camera!
It’s called the KNÄPPA.
Courtesy of this facebook page. So excellent.
Mother by choice.
Awesome, the second lady has a quote from Susan B. Anthony! I’m proud to be related to her.
“Legalized abortions were not the START of women having abortions. It was the END of women dying from unsafe and unregulated abortions.”
Oh my gosh, every single one of these is good.
Papers are refusing to run this week’s Doonsbury. It should be seen.
I thought these were all really spot-on.
Meet the world’s new smallest vertebrate, Paedophryne amauensis. Discovered recently on the island of in New Guinea, this lil frogger attains an average body size of only 7.7mm, handily beating out the former small-fry king Paedocypris progenetica (an Indonesian fish) for the honor of most diminutive animal with a backbone.
