thtownse

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thtownse		 I love words and phrases, especially when they are idiomatic expressions - I like to trace them to see where they came from. I like it when a single word can have more than one distinct meaning, and it is even more fun when I find out that the etymology of seemingly disparate words connects them at some point in the past. I think etymology is cool, and boy, nothing attracts people more than talking about etymology, with the possible exception of getting excited about XML.

Speaking of that, I am interested in the grammar of programming languages too. I am interested in how the Internet has changed language. I am interested in usernames and passwords - this totally new type of word that we use in our culture whose main features include that they should be as universally unique as possible. And the fact that passwords ideally are never written down - they exist only in our memories.

I am a little frustrated when I see signs of partial illiteracy in our culture. Like when people use apostrophe's in their plural's. I mean, do these people read book's? I can almost forgive the misuse of "it's" because the word "its" is an interesting use of the possessive. But it still bugs me. And why "bugs"? When you think about what that really means it's a little creepy, right?

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  • about 1 year, 5 months ago, jennarenn said: I'll never think about passwords the same way again. Thanks. ;)

    edit: I had to take the apostrophe out of "passwords". Just couldn't take it!
  • about 1 year, 9 months ago, vorpal said: And what do you have against ticky boxes? Ticky boxes make the world go 'round. Does this mean I have to hand in my writer card?
  • about 1 year, 9 months ago, vorpal said: And not a bad list yourself. I'm guilty of using the evil marketing words at work. I can't help it! The suits make me do it!
  • about 2 years, 1 month ago, thtownse said: I am leaving a comment about myself!

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