If I were to shout about one stupid thing that never ceases to annoy me, it would be the word “smellovision.” What you are looking for is telesmell (smelling from far away). Just like television (vision from far away) or telephone (sound from far away).

I learned a new word today! A student wanted to set the goal of making his parents proud, so I translated it as “hacer que estén orgullosos de mí”. Well after class I learned that there’s a verb for to make proud! Enorgullecer (-zco). Quite a mouthful but super fun to learn!

I’ve gotten back into listenING to German music. One that randomly came up on Apple Music awhile ago was is called Mallorca (I don’t know why Germans seem particularly obsessed but it’s a place that actually comes up in a lot of songs I’ve heard). ANYWAY, the language thing:

Finally got around to seeing Rebel with a Clause! Leaving with such a feeling of linguistic joy,
@grammartable.bsky.social

The plural of schema is schemata. Yes, schemas is also valid, but @merriam-webster.com lists schemata first, and I think that’s just swell.

Happy #NationalGrammarDay, everyone! My sister made cupcakes for me to bring in for my colleagues so I can spread the enthusiasm

The annual National Grammar Day poetry competition was one of my favorite things on Twitter.

Here we go again…