tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262Fandom GrammarFandom GrammarFandom Grammar2017-05-29T15:27:51Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:170542chomijiSay What? All things come to he who waits / Hope springs eternal2017-05-29T15:27:51Z2017-05-29T15:27:51Zcontemplativepublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chomiji' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chomiji</b></a></span><br /><br /><p style="margin-left:25px;">
<i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwP3wes4M8">Anticipation</a></i>, sang Carly Simon: <i>It's keeping me waiting.</i> </p>
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Today's <i>Say What?</i> features a pair of sayings that go well with Simon's famous song. We'll explore them with the help of Gansey III's crew from Maggie Stiefvater's Young Adult series, the Raven Cycle.</p>
<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/170542.html#cutid1">We can't wait!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=170542" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:170253randi2204Answer: Moot2017-05-22T20:45:39Z2017-05-22T20:45:39Zpublic4Posted by: <span lj:user='randi2204' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/'><b>randi2204</b></a></span><br /><br />We were asked, <i>What is the origin and correct usage of “moot?”</i> Moot has a variety of meanings, so correct usage can be a bit tricky. Let’s dig right in with some help from the characters of Star Trek.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/170253.html#cutid1">Who gives a hoot about moot?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=170253" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:169772ariestessSay What?: All this and heaven, too. / The devil looks after his own.2017-05-16T06:50:54Z2017-05-17T18:50:15Zcreativepublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='ariestess' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ariestess.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ariestess.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ariestess</b></a></span><br /><br />For this week's <b><i>Say What?</i></b> adventure, we're going to look at a couple of seemingly biblically-inspired sayings, with the help of our friends over at <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/169772.html#cutid1"> with the help of our friends over at Once Upon a Time</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=169772" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:168937randi2204Say What? Better to light a candle... & Man's reach exceeds his grasp2017-04-03T20:56:05Z2017-04-03T20:56:05Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='randi2204' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/'><b>randi2204</b></a></span><br /><br />It’s that time again – Say What? is back! Today we’ll be taking a look at a couple of sayings that give some insight into both hope and reality. Let’s get right into <i>better to light a candle than to curse the darkness</i> and <i>man’s reach exceeds his grasp,</i> and we’ll be enlisting the characters from the Magnificent Seven movie to help.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/168937.html#cutid1">Reach for the candle but don’t grasp the flame.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=168937" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:162975randi2204Say What? Better to remain silent and be thought a fool.../ Tell the truth and shame the devil.2016-10-10T18:36:00Z2016-10-10T18:36:00Zpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='randi2204' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/'><b>randi2204</b></a></span><br /><br />In today’s edition of Say What?, we’ll be taking a look at a couple of sayings that remind you that what you say, or maybe what you <i>don’t</i> say, can have great impact on what people think of you. Let’s jump right into <i>better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt</i> and <i>tell the truth and shame the devil</i>, with some help from the characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/162975.html#cutid1">Telling the truth doesn’t make you a fool, does it?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=162975" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:162567ext_989Answer: What is the origin of "rigmarole"?2016-10-03T11:54:00Z2016-10-03T11:54:00Zbusypublic3Posted by: <span lj:user='chiroho.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1163&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chiroho.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>chiroho.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Welcome to your first post-hiatus post from Fandom Grammar. As I <a href="http://fandom-grammar.livejournal.com/163488.html">hope you saw</a> a couple of days ago, the community is back to a weekly posting schedule, and we're expanding our communications beyond LiveJournal to other social media. If you have questions, please submit them as comments <a href="http://fandom-grammar.livejournal.com/698.html">to this post</a>, as we'd love to start answering them again.<br /><br />This week I'll be looking at the origin of the word <i>rigmarole</i>, and what it means today.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/162567.html#cutid1">John and Harold, from Person of Interest, will go through the rigmarole of finding an answer.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=162567" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:160012ext_989Say What? Even a worm will turn / The early bird catches the worm2015-10-23T23:20:00Z2015-10-23T23:20:00Ztiredpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chiroho.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1163&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chiroho.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>chiroho.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />This week's Say What? looks at two sayings that are related to <i>annelids</i>, and both of them counsel caution in different ways. My examples for explaining these sayings will be from <i>Person of Interest</i>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/160012.html#cutid1">What happens if the worm that the early bird catches decides to turn?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=160012" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:155293ext_80229Say What? The bee's knees / The whole nine yards2015-07-03T08:45:00Z2015-07-03T08:45:00Zpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='whymzycal.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=83665&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://whymzycal.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>whymzycal.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />It's Friday, and that means it's time for another exciting "Say What?"! In today's installment, we're going to learn about two sayings whose current meanings probably originated in the U.S.—with examples from <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/155293.html#cutid1">Person of Interest.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=155293" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:154794http://achacunsagloire.livejournal.com/SAY WHAT?: "Half a loaf is better than no bread" versus “The bread always falls butter side down."2015-06-26T23:22:00Z2015-06-26T23:22:00Zpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='achacunsagloire.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=2010597&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://achacunsagloire.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>achacunsagloire.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Happy Friday, Fandom Grammar watchers! It sure has been an exciting past few weeks, what with the release of the new <i>Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2</i> trailer. Although it provided some juicy details for us fans to salivate over in the coming months, it did little to sate our hunger for <i>Hunger Games</i> goodness.<br /><br />Speaking of which, this week’s food-oriented idioms inspire hunger of a different sort: <i>“half a loaf is better than no bread”</i> and “<i>the bread always falls butter side down.”</i> Let’s satisfy our hunger for knowledge below the cut:<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/154794.html#cutid1">First up is "half a loaf is better than no bread":</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=154794" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:153155I'm out of witty sayingsSay What? Dead Men Tell No Tales/Never Speak Ill of the Dead2015-06-05T22:56:00Z2015-06-05T22:56:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='lady-ganesh.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=6343&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://lady-ganesh.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>lady-ganesh.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Today's expressions are, if you'll pardon the expression, quite grave. We'll let the cast of <em>Sherlock</em> demonstrate.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/153155.html#cutid1">After all, there is no shortage of corpses in Sherlock</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=153155" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:152125chomijiSay What? Into every life a little rain must fall / It never rains but it pours2015-05-23T14:33:00Z2015-05-23T14:33:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chomiji' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chomiji</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>
Even though rain is necessary for life, the fact that raindrops look like teardrops, along with the darkened skies that rain brings with it during the day, make rain an allusion to sorrow or bad luck in many cultures. Let's take a closer look at a couple of familiar sayings about the rain that are really comments about misfortune.</p>
<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/152125.html#cutid1">With the help of the cast of the manga and anime series Black Lagoon …</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=152125" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:151260ext_989Say What? Every man has his price / A golden key can open any door2015-05-08T13:07:00Z2015-05-08T13:07:00Zworkingpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chiroho.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1163&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chiroho.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>chiroho.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />In this week's Say What? we'll be looking at two expressions that are related to either, depending on how you look at it, things that money can buy, or whether people's integrity is real. I'll be using the characters from <i>Person of Interest</i> in my examples.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/151260.html#cutid1">What is your price?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=151260" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:150755http://achacunsagloire.livejournal.com/Say What?: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" versus "helter skelter"2015-05-01T23:24:00Z2015-05-01T23:24:00Zpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='achacunsagloire.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=2010597&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://achacunsagloire.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>achacunsagloire.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Happy Friday, Fandom Grammar watchers! It sure has been one crazy week--which makes the topic of today's <i>Say What?</i> most appropriate: the idioms <i>"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"</i> and <i>"helter skelter."</i> Thanks primarily to pop culture and events of the late 20th century, both of these idioms have come to be associated with madness and terror. As such, we'll be traveling to the sleepy resort town of Silent Hill for help in understanding their meaning and context.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/150755.html#cutid1">The horror begins just under the cut:</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=150755" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:149061ext_989Say What? Familiarity Breeds Contempt / Good Fences Make Good Neighbours2015-04-11T20:15:00Z2015-04-11T20:15:00Zokaypublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chiroho.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1163&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chiroho.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>chiroho.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Welcome to another edition of Say What? where we look at the origin of different sayings and proverbs. This time our sayings relate to familiarity and closeness, and I'll be using characters from <i>Person of Interest</i> in my examples.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/149061.html#cutid1">Are you familiar with your neighbours?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=149061" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:141069randi2204Say What? Little pitchers have big ears & Spare the rod and spoil the child2014-11-07T18:04:00Z2014-11-07T18:04:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='randi2204' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/'><b>randi2204</b></a></span><br /><br />It’s a day for the kids on today’s Say What? Both of the sayings we’ll be taking a look at deal with children in some way. Let’s discuss “little pitchers have big ears” and “spare the rod and spoil the child.”<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/141069.html#cutid1">We’ll be assisted by some of our friends from Fullmetal Alchemist.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=141069" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:136409randi2204Say What? Every man for himself & He who sups with the Devil...2014-07-25T21:32:00Z2014-07-25T21:32:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='randi2204' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/'><b>randi2204</b></a></span><br /><br />Welcome to another edition of Say What? Beware of the Devil—today we’ll be taking a look at two sayings that have Old Nick in common, namely “Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost,” and “He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.” We’ll be assisted by our friends from the Magnificent Seven.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/136409.html#cutid1">The Devil went down to Georgia…</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=136409" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:129270ext_2016Friday Funnies -- Claussicce Englisshe2014-04-12T00:31:00Z2014-04-12T00:31:00Zstreet noisesleepypublic1Posted by: <span lj:user='melayneseahawk.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=2190&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://melayneseahawk.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>melayneseahawk.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />At <a href="http://www.qwantz.com/">Dinosaur Comics</a>, T-Rex drops some knowledge about how awesome English <i>used</i> to be. Click the preview for the full comic:<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2532"><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/melayneseahawk/5086531/60873/60873_original.png"></a></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=129270" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:125384chomijiAnswer: What Are the Rules for Archaic Declension and Conjugation?2014-02-24T07:06:00Z2014-02-24T07:06:00Zpublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='chomiji' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chomiji</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>
Reader <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://garonne.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://garonne.livejournal.com/'><b>garonne</b></a></span> asked us "What are the rules for archaic declension and conjugation? (thou, art, etc.)" Although we can't present all the details of Early Modern English in the scope of a Fandom Grammar article, we'll take look at some of the most characteristic features of this romantic-sounding ancestor of the language that we use here today.</p>
<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/125384.html#cutid1">With the help of the cast of the classic fairy tale 'Snow White' ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=125384" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:123078chomijiSay What? Time flies when you're having fun / Variety is the spice of life2014-01-24T08:12:00Z2014-01-24T08:12:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chomiji' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chomiji</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>
It's a new year, so this is a good time to discuss these two wise sayings about how our time on earth can be perceived. We'll take a closer look with the help of Neil Gaiman's <i>Sandman</i> and his siblings and employees.</p>
<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/123078.html#cutid1">Don't worry, this will only take a couple of minutes of your time ..</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=123078" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:102446ext_1330Say What? Cleanliness is next to godliness/Early to bed and early to rise....2013-02-15T12:51:00Z2013-02-15T12:51:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='mab-browne.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1504&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mab-browne.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mab-browne.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Today's Say What? looks at <strong>cleanliness is next to godliness</strong> and <strong>early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise</strong>, with help from characters from Starsky & Hutch and The Sentinel.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/102446.html#cutid1">Read on...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=102446" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:101422chomijiSay What? "Have your cake and eat it too" + "Got to eat a peck of dirt before you die"2013-02-01T07:53:00Z2013-02-01T07:53:00Zsleepypublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chomiji' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chomiji</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>
Today we have a pair of puzzling proverbs that are apparently about eating – but that are, in fact, more about the nitty gritty realities of life:
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<span style="font-style:normal;">"You can't have your cake and eat it, too."<br><br>
"You've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die."</span></blockquote>
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What exactly do we mean when we use these sayings?</p>
<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/101422.html#cutid1">With help from the cast of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman ... </a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=101422" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:91749randi2204Foul-Mouth Friday: Shakespearean Profanities2012-08-24T18:25:00Z2012-08-24T18:25:00Zpublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='randi2204' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://randi2204.dreamwidth.org/'><b>randi2204</b></a></span><br /><br />This episode of “Foul-Mouth Fridays” is going to touch on historical cursing, focusing on the time of the Bard.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/91749.html#cutid1">A lot of Shakespeare and God behind the cut</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=91749" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:90304ext_989Say What?: Ask no questions and you’ll be told no lies / Honesty is the best policy2012-07-20T20:38:00Z2012-07-20T20:38:00Zdrainedpublic4Posted by: <span lj:user='chiroho.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1163&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chiroho.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>chiroho.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />This installment of "Say What?" looks at two expressions that deal with honesty. The first you may not be too familiar with, but the second you probably had drilled into you as a child -- and may now be drilling into your own children! So let's jump in and see what we can learn.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/90304.html#cutid1">with examples from NCIS</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=90304" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:86509ext_80229Say What? The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands / Many Hands Make Light Work2012-05-17T23:06:00Z2012-05-17T23:06:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='whymzycal.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=83665&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://whymzycal.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>whymzycal.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Welcome to the next installment of <b>Say What?</b> This time around, we're going to cover proverbs dealing with the dangers of idleness and the rewards of cooperation. <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://fandom-grammar.dreamwidth.org/86509.html#cutid1">With examples from Supernatural.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandom_grammar&ditemid=86509" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-10:2746262:85322chomijiSay What? - Silence Is Golden / Talk (or Speak) of the Devil and He Will Appear2012-05-04T23:39:00Z2012-05-04T23:39:00Zrelievedpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='chomiji' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chomiji.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chomiji</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>
This week in <b><i>Say What?</i></b>, we consider the issue of speaking out - or not. Since ancient times, people have waxed philosophical about the issue of unnecessary utterances, and indeed, sometimes speaking up was thought to be quite dangerous!</p>
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<i>With examples from the Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones</i></p>
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