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Patrick Glendon McCullough
3 years ago

Petition for phones to not autocorrect "its" to "it's". Half the time my phone gets it wrong and it's error is mortifying.

3 years ago

It is said that once someone knew how many c's and s's are used to spell the word occasion, but this knowledge has been lost for centuries.

7 years ago
To be tactful is to be discreet, not discrete, but the noun form is discretion.
8 years ago
--They were nice funerals. --Yeah. What did you think of my eulogies? --Very touching. I might have cut back on the F-words a little.
8 years ago
One of the takeaways from the Andrew Jackson biography I'm reading: People called other people "poltroon" a lot in the early 19th century, and it seems to have packed the punch of m*f*-er times a billion.
8 years ago
Learned last year but was just reminded: college students are unfamiliar with the phrase "Whaddya say?" to the point they have no idea how to respond to it.
9 years ago
Ha--17 across in yesterday's NYT crossword: "1,001 causes of anxiety?" MI-stresses.
9 years ago
How do you interpret the phrase "it all comes out in the wash"? Does it mean that the secret things you neglected to take from your pockets will be discovered? Or that damning stains will be removed?
11 years ago
Knock knock. Who's there? To. To who? *To whom.
12 years ago
Baby wearing a yellow animal hat smiles while being held and wrapped in a blanket
If you're gonna spew, spew on this
13 years ago
New Yorkers: Ella-MEN-tarry Everyone else: Ella-MEN-tree