Literature and Wordplay

A doctoral candidate's collection of the Internet's nerdiest examination of short stories, poems, puns, and even litotes...Look it up. No judgment for how corny, high-brow, or low-brow the content: this is the Tumblr for analyzing the English language in all forms.

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mom:
you realize normal people don't have such strong feelings about the oxford comma
me:
THE OXFORD COMMA IS IMPORTANT
mom:
you realize this makes you a nerd
me:
mom:
me:
i had a party with the strippers, george bush and barack obama
me:
i had a party with the strippers, george bush, and barack obama
me:
without the comma, you are implying that george bush and barack obama are strippers
mom:
me:
mom:
this isn't normal

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rosethealmighty: geekgirlsmash: “My local library branch started doing this “Blind Date with a Book” thing, thought you guys might like it. The shelf was full when we got there, but was like this as we were leaving. The books are wrapped in paper and have different designs on them, and then a few words vaguely describing the subject matter of the book. Things like “Drama”, “Plot Twists”, “espionage”, etc. The only thing exposed on the book is the barcode that you use to scan the book out. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.” Ooo, I like this. I’m a total genre reader, unless I get a book that I hear a lot about that sounds good, this would be a fun thing to get me reading other books. This would be the best Valentine’s day

rosethealmighty:

geekgirlsmash:

“My local library branch started doing this “Blind Date with a Book” thing, thought you guys might like it. The shelf was full when we got there, but was like this as we were leaving. The books are wrapped in paper and have different designs on them, and then a few words vaguely describing the subject matter of the book. Things like “Drama”, “Plot Twists”, “espionage”, etc. The only thing exposed on the book is the barcode that you use to scan the book out. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.”

Ooo, I like this. I’m a total genre reader, unless I get a book that I hear a lot about that sounds good, this would be a fun thing to get me reading other books.

This would be the best Valentine’s day

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