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And yet, some of us still insist that the singular for tamales is tamal.

Oh, there you go. Blame the Church. :poke: No. I solely blame the choir director. And paper mache is an English word now; I don't know how long ago it immigrated in, but it's fully naturalized. "The problem with defending the purity of the English Language is that the English Language is as pu...

Remind me to not use words if I'm not sure they mean what I think they mean.
*Shrug*
I'm in a choir, and we're a month away from Advent, okay‽

Well, for US of A, Battle Hymn of the Republic comes to mind.
For Scotland... Cullins of Rhum.
For Ireland... The Foggy Dew.

Adding to the list, but surely and Shirley should not sound the same; the pun falls apart with proper annunciation.

So the difference, then, is in matter of degree?

I personally dislike selfies because I seldom look good in them; the results are better when someone else snaps the photo.

I almost exclusively use "would be" for hypothetical situations. Example: "You're pulling too far back on the string, and might break the bowstaff. That'd be bad." "Will be" is predictive, but sometimes also with connotations of believing the stated eventuality to be un...

My versions are "that'd be" and "that'll be."

Howdy ya'll. Just a friendly reminder that November is National Novel Writing Month. I have yet to participate, and since I'm moving this November, I'll just try to come up with a plot and some subplots for next year. Oh! Here's a site for more information. http://nanowrimo.org/ Mar sin leat, an dra...

"All that you buy, beg, borrow or steal. All you create All you destroy All that you do All that you say. All that you eat And everyone you meet All that you slight And everyone you fight. All that is now All that is gone All that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is...

Fans scream for their teams
Passionately fly colors...
None of it matters

A They Might be Giants song, on their John Henry album.

Here's something I threw together while researching something. If anyone else has some they'd like to share, and no notions of getting it published in a book of course... Gearoidh Iarla sleeps under Mullaghmast, And Arthur waits in Avalon Bendigeidfran’s severed head, still living, waits beneath the...

Nano... careful. All of the United States is not Minnesota. The h in herbs may be pronounced in some parts of this very large nation. And why not? (Yes, I also say the h in why; otherwise, it'd sound like the letter y.) Me, I pronounce the h in herbs... because it's there! I also say the k in knife;...

Yup.

Oh, by the way mods... I do use double spaces after my periods. Why do they keep getting edited out?
I think it looks better with.