Linguistics Geeks Gifts

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Polly txt speak

Hey, calm down --- Now, what did you say again?

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

I will study my speling words...

'Why can't we have a texting bee?'

Someone who knows apostrophes

What's normal?

"If Google Translate is correct, they want our women and our cattle."

'What amazes me most is that years ago I couldn't even spell teacher - now I are one!'

Smith Academy. A Tradition of Excellense.

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

Wordplay: In The Bag.

"Nuts to you, too."

"Let's fall in love and live in the subjunctive."

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

"Sorry I'm late. I overslept." "Is that even a real word?"

"So, hw ws yr smmr?"

Contemporary English Lesson: The Cat was Sat on the Mat.

"You have no idea what it's like to be a 'just between you and me' person in a 'just between you and I' world."

"I've just invented the question mark."

'I hope you ain't got no tax up here!'

"Darn autocorrect!"

Sometimes Y Turn

Malaprop Man! Adventures. Malaprop Man! Where have you been? At a stupor her comet confection! Did many of your fellow heroes show up? We had a great turnabout! Backman and the Incredible Bulk were there! So was Caption Americ, the Flush, Wander Woman and Plasterman! Very impressive. Who was the most popular with the fans? I think I was the main distraction! I have no doubt at all about that!

Sign that says 'This is not a sign.'

The First Sentence Fragment: 'Hey, don't -'

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

'Do you always have to shout? Well? Do you? Huh?'

'The meaning of life? sorry, I can only answer 'true or false' questions.'

'In today's market hyperbole was up sharply. Similes and metaphors held relatively steady with euphemisms hitting another record low.'

'Diver caught scallops - is that a description of what happened or a compound adjective'

Fred interpreted the word compact as a verb, not as an adjective.

'It's not scatting if they're under age two.'