It continues and is spreading...like kudzu

A patron approaches the reference desk looking disoriented. "So... is this the library?" "It sure is." "Well, this isn't where I want to be." "You and me both."

Can we stop blaming deaf children for the choices made by others on their behalf?

Breaking news: function words more common than content words

Music schools will claim to educate you, then tell you there are three syllables in the word “triplet”

Happy #survivor44 eve my loves. Who is excited for tomorrow?!

We've been encouraged by management to establish firm and healthy boundaries with library patrons, but I guess I took it too far; apparently we do still have to talk to them sometimes.

When I broke my habit of people pleasing, I realized I wasn't actually being nice. I was doing (most) things out of obligation, to not disappoint people, and so that I didn't feel have to feel guilty. There were selfish motivations behind my actions.

This!

Parenting is having Moana stuck in your head until you have Encanto stuck in your head until you have Matilda stuck in your head until

"The etymology of 'wanderlust' is a very simple one.... Wanderlust is a lust for wandering. The word comes from German, in which 'wandern' means 'to hike or roam about,' and 'Lust'means 'pleasure or delight.'" #etymology merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wan…

FANCY-PANTS is defined by cross-reference as LA-DI-DA. And you say lexicographers aren't fun. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan…

My fave secular American Jewish tradition is buying a bunch of discounted Easter chocolate the day after Easter.

'The popular term science of reading is singular (rather than the more accurate plural, sciences of reading) to reinforce its singular authority by positioning alternatives as unscientific." (Gabriel, 2020) OH Dept of Ed and Workforce Governor Mike DeWine

When did ed reporters, not Ts, become experts on teaching K-12 kids 2 read & write? How is it possible, that Ts are suddenly fawning on them? One thing is 2 offer advice as a writer & another is 2 tell Ts how 2 teach. (1/2)

the -ty in twenty, thirty, forty, etc. is from Old English -tig "group of ten"

kinda absurd that students go through years of language/literature education in K-12 schools with almost 0 years of linguistics. It’s like teaching about living things but not have biology as a topic. If “language” is important for K-12, so is linguistics as its science

I’ve always loved the way language is punctuated by places: jeans are ‘from Genoa’, denim is from Nîmes in France, suede from Sweden, mayonnaise from Minorca’s Port Mahon, damask from Damascus, sardines and sardonic from Sardinia, and spruce (both the tree and a neat appearance)

Is it me or linguistics is one of the only scientific fields where non-experts think they know more than actual experts? It doesn't seem as prevalent in fields like, say, physics or medicine

KNOCK KNOCK. Who's there? TO. To who? TO WHOM*