Tag Archives: language

More On Britishisms

Andrew Sullivan tips us to this Slate piece: The No. 1 danger is pretentiousness; we all know, and roll our eyes at, chaps who say “chap” and talk of their time “at university.” There is a poll at the end of each entry on my blog, asking readers to vote on whether the expression at hand is Perfectly Fine, Borderline …

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Britishisms

I hate many of them, not because they aren’t useful or descriptive, but because of the posers that say them. The worst: queue, ginger, advert, shite.

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What Are Continents?

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The Oxford Comma

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Oz Schools Ditch “BC” And “AD”

Calling it an act of “cultural cleansing,” some Christian activists are furious that Australia’s schools have decided to drop the abbreviations “BC” and “AD” from textbooks. Via the Christian Institute: The curriculum will replace BC (Before Christ) with BCE (Before Common Era). And AD (Anno Domini – which means ‘in the year of our Lord’) will be replaced with CE …

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100 Greatest Movie “Shut Ups”

Language NSFW.

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Credited To The Bard

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Tweet Of The Day – Alec Baldwin

Some folks on Twitter are not happy with Baldwin using the word “queen” in this disparaging fashion. I’m not bothered by it though, especially coming from one of the community’s best known allies. Nobody would be troubled in the slightest if this diss came from a gay man, I think we can give the same pass to our friends. (In …

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Apostrophe

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Coh-A-Chella

All these years I’ve been saying it “Coach-ella.” The thing you learn watching Looney Tunes at 6am….

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OED Adds 400 Words

The Oxford English Dictionary reports adding 400 new entries for 2011. Since the publication of its first edition in 1911, the revolutionary Concise Oxford Dictionary has remained in print and gained fame around the world over the course of eleven editions. This month heralds the publication of the centenary edition: the new 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary …

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Blasphemy Trivia

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Gay Man Heads American Heritage

Steve Kleinelder, an openly gay man (and JMG reader) has been appointed as executive editor of the American Heritage dictionary. The Advocate notes the value of having one of our own in such a position: In 2009, Kleinedler’s husband died suddenly, just two months after Kleinedler and fellow editors had revised the definitions of several marriage-related words to reflect the …

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“Choot-Spa”?

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NEW YORK: Judge Allows “You Are Gay” Defamation Lawsuit To Proceed

A New York judge has ruled that it can be defamatory to allege that someone is a homosexual. Courts in several other jurisdiction have issued contrary opinions for years. In Yonaty v. Mincolla, 1003-2009, Broome County Supreme Court Justice Phillip R. Rumsey (See Profile) rejected the defendants’ summary judgment motion, and held that the assertion of homosexuality constituted defamation. “While …

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Tina Fey On Tracy Morgan

“The violent imagery of Tracy’s rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community. It also doesn’t line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person. I hope for …

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Tweet Of The Day – Chris Rock

GLAAD tweeted back: “Language about stabbing kids for being gay isn’t ‘foul.’ It’s dangerous.”

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10 Commonly Misunderstood Words

But not with THIS crowd, I’m betting.(Source)

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No Homo

Totally NSFW.

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Black LGBT News: No More Down Low

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