Philology

Five things I learned today.

1) Aibohphobia is a fear of palindromes.

2) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words.

3) Rhotacism is the mispronouncing of “r” as “w.”

4) Lisping is the misarticulation of fricative consonants like “s” or “z”.

5) Linguists can be mean.

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I want my babyback babyback babyback…

The most interesting thing from our first visit to a Chili’s restaurant in over a year of pandemic isolation was the genuine surprise that our server expressed in discovering she actually had to tell the cooks our order, not simply write it down in her notebook.

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Sticker shock

Hello, Mr. Komplexify.

I’m calling you to give you a partial update on your truck, which my records indicate hit a deer on March 28.

The current Blue Book value for a 2007 Honda Ridgeline is $6000.

Examination of the exterior shows a loss of the front fender… loss of headlight… loss of the driver’s door… and damage to the driver’s-side passenger door… that’s looking to be about $9600.

Also, we haven’t been able to open the hood yet, but experience tells me that can’t be good.”

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Fauci ouchie

Was your Pi Day better than mine?
I was vaccinated ‘gainst Covid 1-9
With a Pfizer shot
(I shit you not)
On 3-14 at 1:59.

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Minimalist pop culture II

More minimalist pop culture, with the Butterfly:

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