Anger management for the language nerds among us.
I sincerely doubt this will go anywhere, but hey, I might be wrong.
“He says, for instance, that he wants to free French intellectuals from the taboo that prevents them from confessing that they have only leafed through the works of Marcel Proust.”
As a Norwegian friend of mine might say: Uff da.
“Having interviewed Kiran before, I’m struck again by how friendly and unaffected she is; one has to strain for a glimpse of the writer who struggled over her manuscript for years and had a frustrating time trying to get it published.” (via Sarvas)
Art that doesn’t translate… (via Conversational Reading)
Yeah, in American English, it’s often “nevermind,” which is reflective of the way we native speakers slur the words together. Unlike my strong feelings about all right (which is always two words), I am ambivalent about “never mind” vs. “nevermind,” although I tend toward the former in my own written communications.
Primo Levi in The New Yorker (and previously, in other posts…)
“Suppose, I thought — just suppose — that there is someone out there who has taken a look at the modern publishing scene, and has fully acquainted herself with it. In all its hideous glory.”
Our submissions are closed, but here’s another place to send your stories…
Um, brains are pretty much awesome. And also in awesome news, they found most of the universe. Bet you didn’t even know it was missing.