johnmckendry.bsky.social
Old hippie, bewildered socialist, math, old music, grows apples. A harmless drudge.
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That's really beautiful.
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Oh, man, you do NOT want to get in trouble with The Dictionary.
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I actually contemplated using "codswallop" just a few days ago and was moved to look it up in the OED, and you'll likely be surprised to know that the earliest citation they have for it is from 1963. That's the printed OED: see also www.oed.com/discover/a-l...
It's surprisingly recent.
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Yeah, I have my doubts about this one, but on the other hand I am not entirely unconvinced.
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Must be weird to work for a manager who wouldn't have been able to get hired for the job.
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Looking for a tutor from Gallaudet seems like a good idea. I endorse that suggestion. The Boston Center class was taught entirely by one deaf guy, so it was sink or swim. I think he had a whiteboard, but he didn't use it much. But find a way. Definitely worth it.
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Look for adult ed, community colleges, something like that. I took an ASL class at Boston Center for Adult Ed when I lived near Boston and it was life-changing. Something in-person is definitely the way to do it.
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That was the premise of "Without a Clue," a 1988 movie with Ben Kingsley as John Watson and Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes. Pretty good movie.
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Meant to comment, not just repost: I've seen lots of comments on Trump posting this l'etat, c'est moi declaration this morning, but I think it's useful to see who else has made this claim and how they used it.
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Starter packs? I am following 2.3K people and I know I didn't follow that many people individually on purpose, but I did click on a few starter packs where I thought "Oh, that looks like it would be interesting."
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Word order in English doesn't really very matter much as long as they're all there.
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I know I'm arriving late to the discussion, but I would add to the history that Senator Joe Lieberman, nominal D from CT, single-handedly killed the public option to protect the insurance companies in his state. And yeah, MA voters replaced Ted Kennedy with Scott Brown. We were so close.
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Yeah, at least we got one thing right.
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He just arrived. Please summon some of the others.
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I'm going to suggest that anyone who would say "Hey, did you know that your tattoo is wrong?" is unclear on the concept of "your tattoo" but maybe that's just me.
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I was gonna say. Do you suppose there is still time to convince him to attend the Super Bowl?