We are all goblins now

They're poets

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Goddammit

Express yourself

Bear with me, but does one bear it all or bare it all? And speaking of bears, if a bear pays me a compliment, can I complement his compliment with a compliment? Or would that negatively affect the intended effect? The English language is full of cruel tricks. There are many examples of English words that have totally different meanings and yet are nearly the same, sometimes only distinguished by a single letter. Proofreader @chronicleflask recently tried to demystify the English language in an…

We can’t fault creativity.

Reading is FUNdamental

If there’s one thing we can all agree on from years of speaking, reading and writing, it’s that the English language seems to operate in the most mysterious of ways. Between all the archaic grammatical rules and words that are a mishmash of several other different tongues, it’s a wonder non-native speakers manage to understand what we’re saying half of the time. As well as this, it means that we often don’t fully understand where the phrases we use originally come from. It is a topic which has …

It's easily done, and it's happened to all of us more than once. You're typing away at a text to a friend, writing an important email or even jotting down a shopping list. All of a sudden, your mind goes blank, or your thumb goes awol, and before you know it you've written down something that even the most overzealous autocorrect can't fix. While most of us do our best to avoid such mistakes when it matters, sometimes the odd one slips through the net and while they may not be right, they sure …

The dumbest memes are often the most successful ones.