“TIF but I didn’t LOL” (updated)

Gramma addresses some textese. [updated link] She also proposes TIF for That Is Funny, or TIVF for That Is Very Funny, to use when you aren’t really Laughing Out Loud. Because it’s lying to say you are, when you aren’t. Added: There’s a follow up post at the same blog.

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The Coffee Break

The following is a chapter from my book Not Exactly Innocent. It’s a chapter where I detour a bit to have some fun with regional language, and with men sitting around giving each other a hard time – but it’s also one in which I toss some pro-life activism into the mix. I am pro-life, [...]

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A little language fun

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Define brave

Is your concept of bravery inadequate or amoral?

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“Toddler property laws”

From Thou shalt not covet at Rosetta Stone: It’s as though she believes the toddler property laws apply to her (but nobody else): if I have it, it’s mine. If I once had it, it’s mine. If I want it, it’s mine. In this case, she is not talking about a youngster.

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Translating translations

Now that she lives in Switzerland, Katherine has been buying books online from a German-based company. But the online translators aren’t necessarily helping her all that much with the transactions.

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Language watch: “My brother’s keeper”

Uhm. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been sloppy in my use of the phrase “my brother’s keeper.” As Anthony Esolen points out, men are not supposed to be kept, and God didn’t buy Cain’s “Am I my brother’s keeper?” remark, insisting instead that he was his brother’s brother. Big difference.

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