palmcanoe
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linguist manqué, tech writer, IT security compliance
I remember hearing it as a slur in college in Iowa in the 80s - then at some later time heard my grandpa say the part of Cedar Rapids where he grew up was called “Bohunk Town” - I wasn’t from Iowa and always thought it was a midwest thing
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I remember hearing it as a slur in college in Iowa in the 80s - then at some later time heard my grandpa say the part of Cedar Rapids where he grew up was called “Bohunk Town” - I wasn’t from Iowa and always thought it was a midwest thing
Absolutely can confirm
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Absolutely can confirm
Too lazy to Google, but in AZ it was called “Longhorn cheddar” and now I’m not sure if it was real
December 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Too lazy to Google, but in AZ it was called “Longhorn cheddar” and now I’m not sure if it was real
Earlier this month in Texas
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Earlier this month in Texas
so much b.s. -- I imagine a lot of white folks are like me. My "people" moved all over the place, barely could keep a farm, married/bred widely for over 150 years and didn't even manage the one imperative they tried, "being Catholic". What does that make me? Where am I going to be sent back to?
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
so much b.s. -- I imagine a lot of white folks are like me. My "people" moved all over the place, barely could keep a farm, married/bred widely for over 150 years and didn't even manage the one imperative they tried, "being Catholic". What does that make me? Where am I going to be sent back to?
I have to chime in. When there were retrospectives on him after he died, I hoped someone would mention his voice work in Disney's Rescuers Down Under (seriously!) I was subjected to it on repeat as a young mom. Repeated listens just amplified what a great performance that was!
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I have to chime in. When there were retrospectives on him after he died, I hoped someone would mention his voice work in Disney's Rescuers Down Under (seriously!) I was subjected to it on repeat as a young mom. Repeated listens just amplified what a great performance that was!
There’s a Sandhill crane refuge not far from where I live. My favorite sign of fall is their burbling sounds far overhead as they pass.
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
There’s a Sandhill crane refuge not far from where I live. My favorite sign of fall is their burbling sounds far overhead as they pass.
It was always explained to me as an ROI thing (which I had to look up because back then not everyone had MBA-brain)!
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It was always explained to me as an ROI thing (which I had to look up because back then not everyone had MBA-brain)!
Over 20 yrs ago, abandoning foreign lg grad work for MA in Tech Comm at tier 3 State U, was depressed to have a cohort largely hostile to humanities, cheering on their demise, and unmoved by my despairing protestations of “so only the wealthy get to study literature now?” It’s been around awhile.
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Over 20 yrs ago, abandoning foreign lg grad work for MA in Tech Comm at tier 3 State U, was depressed to have a cohort largely hostile to humanities, cheering on their demise, and unmoved by my despairing protestations of “so only the wealthy get to study literature now?” It’s been around awhile.
I love The Third Man every time I watch it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I love The Third Man every time I watch it.
oh, read more carefully now...you say you're describing (representing) a sign in the UK. In that case, no period.
October 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
oh, read more carefully now...you say you're describing (representing) a sign in the UK. In that case, no period.
If it is a "copy" of writing (like showing a letter) no period. But for text that is copyedited IN the U.S. for a U.S. publisher, then you'd put the periods in. For the same reason you'd be corrected to "color" not "colour" and "buses" not "busses" (again unless it's a representation of text).
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If it is a "copy" of writing (like showing a letter) no period. But for text that is copyedited IN the U.S. for a U.S. publisher, then you'd put the periods in. For the same reason you'd be corrected to "color" not "colour" and "buses" not "busses" (again unless it's a representation of text).
I’d argue that even as she’s aged and grown stouter, she is still quite beautiful
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I’d argue that even as she’s aged and grown stouter, she is still quite beautiful
Look how handsome Marcello is!
October 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Look how handsome Marcello is!
We do use a pretty marked prosody to get a “that” (perj) in English
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We do use a pretty marked prosody to get a “that” (perj) in English
Old officemate, former Marine, told me that you don’t see a lot of “perfect specimen” enlisted folks because, he said, if a person has other assets (athleticism, super intelligence, $$, bankable looks, etc) they usually have better options than enlisting
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Old officemate, former Marine, told me that you don’t see a lot of “perfect specimen” enlisted folks because, he said, if a person has other assets (athleticism, super intelligence, $$, bankable looks, etc) they usually have better options than enlisting
counterpoint: I was texting a dinner menu and had typed "pasta al barese" but the phone corrected it to "pasta Al barese" Probably shouldn't discuss Arabic place names either.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
counterpoint: I was texting a dinner menu and had typed "pasta al barese" but the phone corrected it to "pasta Al barese" Probably shouldn't discuss Arabic place names either.
note also how many of these folks are only now starting to panic about their rights when Dobbs was THREE years ago!!!!!
September 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
note also how many of these folks are only now starting to panic about their rights when Dobbs was THREE years ago!!!!!
Bouie is the ONLY high-profile pundit I saw venture to say "smells like Dred Scott" when Dobbs came down. Klein's take then (and now) has been "well, my wife had a difficult pregnancy and that's why I support choice, but..." Very annoying, having spent his whole life in the Bay Area or NYC.
September 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Bouie is the ONLY high-profile pundit I saw venture to say "smells like Dred Scott" when Dobbs came down. Klein's take then (and now) has been "well, my wife had a difficult pregnancy and that's why I support choice, but..." Very annoying, having spent his whole life in the Bay Area or NYC.
Ugh, of course I have to be a pedant. Mitchell is chancellor of the system of TTU universities, not the president. TTU is a state agency per the Texas Administrative Code. I don’t know about the legal authority of EOs vis a vis state universities, but I know we’ve been made to follow them!
September 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ugh, of course I have to be a pedant. Mitchell is chancellor of the system of TTU universities, not the president. TTU is a state agency per the Texas Administrative Code. I don’t know about the legal authority of EOs vis a vis state universities, but I know we’ve been made to follow them!
This is the kind of sentence where our intro to semantics class would have a half hour discussion on calculating its truth value
September 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is the kind of sentence where our intro to semantics class would have a half hour discussion on calculating its truth value