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cjr.org • The Substackerati
no fallacist suggests that we need to reorder the months of the year because the names for a bunch of them—September through December—don’t match up etymologically with their placement in the calendar. September (seven) is the ninth month of the year; October (eight), the tenth; November (nine), the eleventh; and December (ten), the twelfth.
Kory Stamper • Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
He was, in other words, the library’s memory and the soul of the scriptorium.
William Weaver • The Name of the Rose
“lofi hip hop radio—beats to relax/study to,”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
David Pierce • Spotify for Readers: How Tech Is Inventing Better Ways to Read the Internet
everyone around the Saint Paul levees came to know “Jim” Hill, his name usually rendered as one word, “Jimhill,” a man who always seemed up on anything and everything that went on.
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
Mr Pest: How about Grate Expectations? Assistant: Ah yes, we have that . . . He goes to fetch it and returns to the counter. Mr Pest: . . . That’s G-r-a-t-e Expectations, also by Edmund Wells. Assistant: I see. In that case we don’t have it. We don’t have anything by Edmund Wells, actually – he’s not very popular. Mr Pest: Not Knickerless Nickleby?
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