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Grammar Girl. Podcaster. New York Times bestselling author. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. California. she/her

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Here's a handy guide to check yourself against; which way do you display/store/shelve your ?

I have so many that I fit a number of different categories depending on which part of he house you're in.... I doubt I'm alone in my pluralist shelving habits

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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/shelf-absorbed-nine-ways-to-arrange-your-bookshelves-and-what-they-say-about-you

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@Grizzlysgrowls @raindrops_and_roses @bookstodon Thanks, Griz!

My podcast is called "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing." You can find various links to it here: https://pod.link/173429229

"The Endless Knot" (@AllEndlessKnot) and "Lexitecture" podcasts both talk about word origins.

Coincidentally, I saw a respected editor post about the word "curate" on LinkedIn today: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rewriting-zombies-curate-reveal-erin-brenner-wgn2e/

grammargirl ,
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I like it, and it has an interesting parallel with "parenting."

I actually talked about it in my TEDx talk a few years ago. This link will take you right to that part of the talk if you're interested:

https://youtu.be/wfCXKhlxFkY?si=GIY1Qf-L91zAz2Ls&t=720

grammargirl ,
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@AllEndlessKnot @Grizzlysgrowls @raindrops_and_roses @bookstodon Yes! "The History of English" is another great show!

grammargirl , to random
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Ooh, they chose an emoji!

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, 🍉 (to show Palestinian solidarity) is the Political Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting.

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibo2vfqnc2i

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