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    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The emphatic “literally” is not a millennial invention; it goes back to the 1700s at least, though Smith gets it right that it’s English. John Dryden, a man who is best known as the founder of literary criticism and the prohibition against the terminal preposition, was an early user of the emphatic “literally.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, Vladimir Nabokov, and David Foster Wallace all used the emphatic “literally” in their works. Even Lindley Murray, 19th-century grammarian, uses the hyperbolic “literally” in his own grammar — and he was such a peever that he thought children, along with animals, shouldn’t be referred to with the pronoun “who,” as “who” conveys personhood, and only creatures with the ability to be rational are actually people.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://accent.gmu.edu/">
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    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1155/what-is-the-rule-for-adjective-order">
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/mar/21/how-to-cook-perfect-crumpets">
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<item rdf:about="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/those-irritating-verbs-as-nouns/">
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<item rdf:about="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Most-of-What-You-Think-You-Know-About-Grammar-is-Wrong-187940351.html?device=ipad">
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<item rdf:about="http://nitpickertool.com/live.php">
    <title>Nitpicker | Live</title>
    <dc:date>2013-01-07T10:00:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://nitpickertool.com/live.php</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebb/8264021552/">
    <title>I'm in love with the idea that the English word &quot;hawk&quot; is an import from crow language. Are there any other names that we've learnt from other species? | Flickr - Photo Sharing!</title>
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    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I'm in love with the idea that the English word "hawk" is an import from crow language. Are there any other names that we've learnt from other species?"

(2312, Kim Stanley Robinson. Robinson often gets ideas from scientific papers, so I'd love to read the one this came from.)]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/futurese.html">
    <title>Futurese (JBR Precoglang)</title>
    <dc:date>2012-12-10T12:13:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/futurese.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><dc:subject>english future language linguistics</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/mutant-verbs/?pagewanted=all">
    <title>The Proliferation of Verbifications - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2012-11-23T18:23:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/mutant-verbs/?pagewanted=all</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><dc:subject>language english verbs</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns/?pagewanted=all">
    <title>Nominalizations Are Zombie Nouns - NYTimes.com</title>
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    <link>http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns/?pagewanted=all</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><dc:subject>advice english writing language nouns readability</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:coldbrain/b:6995181c00d1/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap">
    <title>American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns</title>
    <dc:date>2012-08-01T08:34:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[[Somehow I never bookmarked this amazing personal project before.]

"This is just a hobby of mine, that I thought might be interesting to a lot of people. Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins. I collect dialects. Please let me know what you think of this page. - Rick Aschmann (Last updated: July 21, 2012.)"

"There are 8 major English dialect areas in North America, listed below the map at left. These are shown in blue, each with its number, on the map and in the Dialect Description Chart below, and are also outlined with blue lines on the map. The first 6 of these begin at the eastern seaboard and proceed west, reflecting western settlement patterns.

The many subdialects are shown in red on the map and in the chart, and are outlined with red lines on the map. All of these are listed in the margins of the map as well.

In the Dialect Description Chart additional features not shown on the map are provided for distinguishing the dialects."]]></description>
<dc:subject>rickaschmann canada us northamerica mapping pronunciation accents dialects english maps linguistics language via:robertogreco</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/">
    <title>Ironic Sans: Thsrs - The Shorter Thesaurus</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-02T10:08:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[1. Enter a long word.
2. Receive shorter synonyms.]]></description>
<dc:subject>english language reference writing thesaurus synonyms</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:coldbrain/b:deb2421fc10d/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://projectegghead.com/passages/home/">
    <title>Exemplary Passages</title>
    <dc:date>2012-01-24T20:58:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://projectegghead.com/passages/home/</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[deCopia is an online database that names, describes, and thoroughly exemplifies those manifold patterns of syntax and style that make certain specimens of English expression so interesting, effective, beautiful, and unique.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.antithetical.org/restlesswind/plinth/collects2.html">
    <title>15th Century Collective Nouns</title>
    <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:49:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.antithetical.org/restlesswind/plinth/collects2.html</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.twochapstalking.com/dictionary/2003/04/breakfast.html">
    <title>Gentleman's Dictionary and Usage: Breakfast</title>
    <dc:date>2011-03-19T16:47:14+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.twochapstalking.com/dictionary/2003/04/breakfast.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There are many different ways to cook eggs but most of them are purely of interest to invalids, children and the feeble-minded. The correct or 'proper English egg' is fried with lightly browned edges in the fat left over from the bacon. At the last minute, oil is flicked over the top of the yolk to seal it. This dangerous procedure causes the yolk to form a perfect, golden, viscid capsule, the violation of which with a rough shard of toast, is the nearest that an Englishman will permit himself to unbridled sexual ecstasy.]]></description>
<dc:subject>breakfast food humour english</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/16/nigel-slater-gammon-ham-recipes">
    <title>Nigel Slater's classic gammon with artichoke and parsley sauce, and ham and cabbage fry-up recipes | Life and style | The Observer</title>
    <dc:date>2011-03-12T16:20:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/16/nigel-slater-gammon-ham-recipes</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The smell of a ham puttering away in my own kitchen still reminds me of her – I suspect it always will – but mine comes with a welcome. Thickly cut ham, warm from its cooking liquor, is a dish I bring out to feed the hordes. Reasonably economical and brought to the table on a large oval plate with a jug of bright green sauce, it seems to go a long way. A kilo piece can feed six or more.]]></description>
<dc:subject>recipes gammon ham english</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1">
    <title>On Language - Creeper! Rando! Sketchball! - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-30T11:05:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Roux is keeping track of words like rando for an assignment in a class she is taking on the grammar of current English, taught by Connie C. Eble, the resident linguist in U.N.C.’s English department. Since 1972, Eble has asked her students to compile lists of slang that they encounter in their everyday interactions, and this semester, rando is going on Roux’s list.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>slang language english words trends</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm">
    <title>BBC NEWS | Magazine | 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-20T16:22:26+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Management speak - don't you just hate it? Emphatically yes, judging by readers' responses to writer Lucy Kellaway's campaign against office jargon. Here, we list 50 of the best worst examples.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>business language english jargon bullshit office speak</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/14/crumpets-muffins-pikelets-farls">
    <title>Crumpet, muffin, pikelet and farl recipes | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | Life and style | The Guardian</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-28T15:34:15+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/14/crumpets-muffins-pikelets-farls</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crumpets are made from a thickish, yeasty batter and poured into rings. If you don't have rings, make thinner pancakes, or pikelets. Whether they are thick or thin, crumpets or pikelets, toast on the flattened bottom first and then on the holey side, so that maximum butter will melt into the crisp toasted holes. Now all you need is a big pot of tea, a fire and, possibly, a clean shirt standing by.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>food recipes baking english breakfast crumpets muffins pikelets farls hughfearnleywhittingstall</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theawl.com/2010/07/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-copy-editor">
    <title>What It's Really Like To Be A Copy Editor - The Awl</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-18T19:33:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theawl.com/2010/07/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-copy-editor</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The word is douche bag. Douche space bag. People will insist that it’s one closed-up word—douchebag—but they are wrong. When you cite the dictionary as proof of the division, they will tell you that the entry refers to a product women use to clean themselves and not the guy who thinks it’s impressive to drop $300 on a bottle of vodka. You will calmly point out that, actually, the definition in Merriam-Webster is “an unattractive or offensive person” and not a reference to Summer’s Eve. They will then choose to ignore you and write it as one word anyway.
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<dc:subject>copyediting writing web language journalism online publishing english grammar editing content</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004380.html">
    <title>Language Log: Hed, dek, lede, graf, tk: live with it</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-03T08:10:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004380.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've never worked as a journalist, but in the unremembered mysterious way that we learn most words, I somehow learned these terms and their idiosyncratic spellings. "Hed" is head, as in headline. "Dek" is deck, which is a sort of sub-headline, a phrase or two between the headline and the body of the article that explains what the story is about. "Lede" is lead, as in leading paragraph, the way a piece starts. "Graf" is graph, as in paragraph, often used in combinations like nut graf, which comes just after the lede, and summarizes the story's content. "Tk" should be "tc", I guess, because it's short for "to come", i.e. not yet written.
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<dc:subject>journalism jargon reference language english spelling abbreviations via:robertogreco</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://notaverb.com/badbad_verbs">
    <title>Not Verbs</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-28T11:01:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://notaverb.com/badbad_verbs</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This site is dedicated to informing people about words that are not verbs, even though people misuse them that way.
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<dc:subject>verbs words english grammar language learning spelling ux login</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.themillions.com/2010/07/colonoscopy-it%E2%80%99s-time-to-check-your-colons.html">
    <title>Colonoscopy: It’s Time to Check Your Colons</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-15T15:03:14+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.themillions.com/2010/07/colonoscopy-it%E2%80%99s-time-to-check-your-colons.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Colons, once on life support, are proliferating.

Why?

Because these aren’t Ms. Truss’s colons. The colons of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, are brittle, dusty, soporific. “Prepare yourself,” they yawn, “that I may shortly provide you a list.” To actually call these colons by name (syntactical-deductive, appositive, etc.) is to virtually lose consciousness. So bear with me for a moment as we first rechristen our colons."
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<dc:subject>writing language grammar english spelling punctuation</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/jul/14/the-question-what-next-for-442">
    <title>The Question: What next for 4-4-2? | Jonathan Wilson | Sport | guardian.co.uk</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-14T10:37:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/jul/14/the-question-what-next-for-442</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["... passing triangles are only important for a side looking to dominate possession. For a side looking to disrupt that, 4-4-2 can be extremely effective – the famous "two banks of four" that for a long time seemed to be such a feature of any English team playing an away game in European competition. Fulham showed last season how effective the style can still be. Sit the midfield line deep on the back four so there is minimal space between the lines for attacking midfielders or deep-lying forwards to exploit, and it becomes very hard to penetrate. It doesn't matter how many triangles you create if you never get the ball closer than 35 yards from the opposition goal."
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<dc:subject>football strategy tactics 442 formations english trequartista</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/05/30/two-friendlies-lead-capello-back-to-square-one/">
    <title>Two friendlies lead Capello back to square one | Zonal Marking</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-30T16:24:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/05/30/two-friendlies-lead-capello-back-to-square-one/</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[NEW ON ZM: Two friendlies lead Capello back to square one http://bit.ly/d8nXyM
– Zonal Marking (Zonal_Marking) http://twitter.com/Zonal_Marking/statuses/15051243296
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<dc:subject>english football strategy formations worldcup fabiocapello</dc:subject>
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    <title>Polysyndeton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-28T09:10:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysyndeton</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Polysyndeton is the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy"). It is a stylistic scheme used to achieve a variety of effects: it can increase the rhythm of prose, speed or slow its pace, convey solemnity or even ecstasy and childlike exuberance. In grammar, a polysyndetic coordination is a coordination in which all conjuncts are linked by coordinating conjunctions (usually and, but, or, nor in English)."
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<dc:subject>english grammar writing</dc:subject>
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    <title>On Language - Cellar Door - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-03-14T15:48:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14FOB-onlanguage-t.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA['Cellar door' is often mentioned as being a particularly beautiful phrase - but who first proclaimed it so?
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<dc:subject>english language poetry</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:coldbrain/b:1314ed5ad564/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html">
    <title>On Language - Crash Blossoms - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-02-25T11:57:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What do you call those peculiar headlines with noun/verb confusion? 'Crash Blossoms'.
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<item rdf:about="http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html">
    <title>Harper's Magazine: Tense Present.</title>
    <dc:date>2009-12-15T16:23:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html</link>
    <dc:creator>coldbrain</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage, by David Foster Wallace.
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