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more about #language more comments → Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): I notice it mostly in the baby talk I use with my dog - calling her sweet girl, precious heart, baby girl etc. I was the youngest and only girl and t... more » Dorilys: My mother says "please?" if she didn't hear something clearly or didn't understand what was said. I've said it a few times. I only get wierd looks. more » Breamworthy: All the odd sayings in my family come from my Yorkshire grandfather. "I'll brae thy cannister" and "I'll kick thee into the middle of next week" are b... more » hussein persepolis hussein: I have found myself yelling "Just WHAT do you think you are doing??!?!?!?!?" at my cats. My. Cats. Also, il papa was always good for "Jesus H. Chris... more » boxspelunker: My mom: "I'm the parent here!" Yes, mom, I know that. Thanks for that valuable piece of information. :/ more » bluetrain84: My favorite is my dad's "Jeekas" instead of Jesus. I have never heard anybody else say it, and I say it ALL THE TIME. more » EsmereldaFitzmonster: I've inherited a lot of military-isms from my parents, mainly my dad. My boyfriend laughs anytime I tell him to "stand by one" (give me a second) or t... more » la_periodista: I also have an entire ARSENAL of "Dad jokes" to fit any situation where you find yourself really needing some goofy, obscure response to a normal stat... more » Elaken: Wow only one of those 20 has been said by one of my parents and that was by my dad. Every once in a while I sound like my mom but sadly it is usually... more » rodmanstreet: But is your dog's name really Garbage McWoof? That's what I really want to know. I'll love you forever if it is. more » Jenloveshercurves: What's frightening is when you become your father and not your mother. All of a sudden one day when I was nannying a deep southern drawl came out of ... more » hughman: my late southern mother's two favorites : "great day in the morning" said testily and used as a replacement for "oh crap". and "jesus christ on a s... more » NerD: Blattella: My mom used to say "You can cry all you want but in the end you're still going to (insert chore)." I've found myself repeating that this year. It's ... more » Le Kangourou de Kataroo: When I was nannying last year the little kid on the way to school decided to unbuckle his seat belt and bury his head in the back of the seat. I don'... more » Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Also, "He/She doesn't have the sense that God gave a goose" is something my mom says whenever someone does something stupid. I think that one in my he... more » -
#wordplay
When You Open Your Mouth And Your Mother's Voice Comes Out
A few months ago, I came home to find my dog rolling around in a pile of garbage, celebrating his destruction with the dance moves of Templeton from Charlotte's Web. The first words out of my mouth were "For Cripessake!" More » -
#crosswords
A Rose By Any Other Name Might Make You Angry
Do different languages evoke different emotions? That's the question posed by Times blogger Olivia Judson, inspired by research that shows just making a certain vowel sound can affect your mood. More » -
#phraseology
Dude, Where's My Vocabulary?
Is dude the most versatile word in the English language? Esquire thinks so, and to prove it, Erik Price collected YouTube clips of situations that require a well-placed dude. We still like fuck better. [Esquire] -
#grammarpolice
Oh, Fuck It.
"The main syntactic problem is to determine whether the fuck is being used as an pleonastic (semantically empty) direct object of shut or as a pre-head modifier of the preposition phrase (PP) headed by up." [Utne] -
#wordnerds
What Words Would You Send To The Word Graveyard?
"I'm VERY tired of reading the word VERY," my fourth grade teacher would say, "To the word graveyard!" And with that, she'd bury another word in the tiny graveyard at the back of our classroom. More » -
#adultlanguage
Why Cursing F*cking Rules (And When It Doesn't)
When I was a freshman in high school, I decided to break myself of cursing. My strategy: for every bad word I said during the day, I would have to write a sentence in my journal at night. More » -
#msconception
"Ms." Dates Back To 1901
"[W]hat is needed is a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation" — a 1901 newspaper article, earliest known source of the word "Ms." [Visual Thesaurus] -
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Does It Really Make Sense To Bleep Out Swears On Television Anymore?
After watching NBC bleep out the words "tits" and "fuck" during a recent broadcast of their new drama, "Southland," the folks at AdAge wonder if bleeping out profanities on network television shows is really necessary. More » -
#lostintranslation
What's In A Name? Quite A Lot, Says Science
NPR reports that Shakespeare was wrong: a rose by any other name may not smell as sweet. As rose by the name of Bill, for example, might smell strong, or maybe thorny. More » -
#word
Adam's Off Ox To Zed
The comprehensive Dictionary of Regional American English, which has been in progress since 1965, is nearing completion. Volume "S to Z" will be published in 2010. [Breitbart] -
#talktalk
Men With Impressive Language Skills Have A Better Chance With The Ladies
Women may not fall for a smarmy sweet talker, but they may, in fact, find themselves falling for a man with an impressive vocabulary, according to a recent study taken at the University of Nottingham. More » -
#onlanguage
Michelle Obama's Latest Moniker Has Some People Slightly Miffed
Shakesville is pointing out that in the People cover story on Michelle Obama, she's called Barack's "helpmate" no less than four times. More » -
#ohshoot
To Cuss Or Not To Cuss, That Is The Motherf**ckin' Question
McKay Hatch is tired of your mothertrucking bullcorn, ok? So you should probably pull your shizz together and try to participate in No Cussing Week, which begins today, you crud-faced potty mouth sons of witches! More » -
#sic
Sic: Is The Econnomy Creating A Genneration Of Speling Bee-Otches?
“When I go through and mark up a menu, I’m not doing it to humiliate the person... I just want them to know so they don’t look uneducated." Is this persnickety dame a recession casualty? More » -
#dontspeak
Nashville Councilman Wants His City To Be "English Only"
Times are tough all over. So what better way to waste taxpayer money than to push a xenophobic city-wide resolution that states that English is the only acceptable language for government officials in Nashville, Tennessee? More »
