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“I, personally, have never been able to throw a book away. I have seen books, like in trash, and to me it's like seeing a human head in the trash. Even if it's a horrible book.”
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“So, I have to wonder about people like him, about children perhaps doomed from birth by circumstances beyond their control. What chance did he have among us? How early is the future defined?”
― My Sunshine Away
― My Sunshine Away
“Okay, but even if my ass is fired, the rest of me will still be coming back to work, and I hope you won’t mind me working assless.”
― Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
― Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
“Hence, the notion of the “cheese burger” by the late 1930s, with “burger” now referring to a disk of meat. Today, of course, one speaks of the veggie burger, taco burger, fish burger, and so much else, such that no one would object that burger is “not a word.” Now it is, but only because of grafting. We talk about eating a nice burger, and Abraham Lincoln brought back to life would picture us trying to consume a staid, small-town German tradesman.”
― Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still
― Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still
“People say “nucular” modeled on other words that end in -ular such as spectacular, tubular, and vernacular. Specifically, because there exist the words nuke and, long before that, nucleus, a temptation looms to think of nuclear as “nuc-” plus the -ular ending: spectacular, tubular, nuc-ular.”
― Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still
― Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still
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