ahh! i’m in love…

…with the dude wrote up this page on the proper spelling of St. Paddy’s Day.

http://paddynotpatty.com/

Highlights include:

• “St. Patty? No, ye goat!”
• “Paddy is derived from the Irish, Pádraig, hence those mysterious, emerald double-Ds.”
• “Shamrock Shakes are boggin’ and will make you boke…”

poll: what do you call this insect?

A public service announcement from the one and only Kat Foster.

back to work after the long weekend… let’s slack off.

By manually typing emoji into our Gchat windows.

a post in honor of the first week of movember

Both mustache and moustache are appropriate spellings.

my favorite non-interchangeable words

cavalry
: historical soldiers who fought on horseback.

timesnews.net

Calvary
: the hill outside Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified.
ORIGIN from late Latin calvaria ‘skull,’ translation of Greek

fixings or fixin’s

According to The Onion it’s fixin’s:

“Fixin’s Added To Food Pyramid

WASHINGTON, DC—Updating the dietary guide to reflect current U.S. eating habits, the Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it has added a “fixin’s” food group to the USDA Food Pyramid. “We recommend five to eight daily servings from the fixin’s group, which includes such hearty sides as cole slaw, mashed potatoes, steak fries, baked beans, and mac ‘n’ cheese,” Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said. “So go ahead and treat yourself to all the fixin’s you want. They’re not only free, they’re recommended.” Also falling within the fixin’s group, Veneman said, are burger toppings, including fried onions, cheese sauce, and bacon-smothered mushrooms.”

Works for me.

also dead…

…doughnut. It’s just donut these days.

MonSzeri

whom is dead

Recently (ok, two years ago) when looking for advice on whether to go with “who” or “whom” in a particular sentence, a coworker of mine just said outright, “Oh, it doesn’t matter. Whom is dead.”

That was the answer she got when speaking with an editor over at Wired, and I tend to believe the people at Wired. Even when I don’t believe the people at Wired, it’s easier to submit than to figure out a way to argue.

An old article in The Economist talks about this, too, in the most long-winded way humanly possible.

So… in conclusion, “whom” is a word so antiquated that it’s quickly phasing out of use, and always sounds awkward, right? So I’ll never get hung up on it again.

éclair translates to “lightning”?

According to m-w:

“Definition of éclair

: a usually chocolate-frosted oblong pastry filled with whipped cream or custard

Origin of éclair

: French, literally, lightning

First Known Use: 1861”

That’s awesome, I guess.