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If English Were Phonetically Consistent
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said that English is a frustrating, nonsensical language where rules matter until they don’t and that it could seriously due with some consistency. But what if we actually had some of that consistency? English would sound like it, German and Swedish had a drunken, baby makin’ 3-way, …
Yes, Things Have Been Quiet, But That’s Only Because We Were Off Learning That Siri Existed 30 Years Ago
Well hello there! Yes, both we and the site do, in fact, still exist. Things have just been quiet the last little bit because it’s summer and that tends to be how things roll around here regardless of intent. Usually you all have the same idea as us, but for some reason numbers haven’t fallen …
Happy 29th Birthday, CBC Newsworld!
It’s hard to remember a time before CBC Newsworld, or CBC News Network as we know it now. For years it’s been the first place I turn when I hear about the sort of breaking news that gives me an urge to follow it nonstop, because it’s one of the very few television news outlets …
Very Stable Genius
Randy Rainbow strikes again. This is seriously amazing. Original song here, just in case. (tiny Trump voice: As you know, I’m meeting with President Putin on Monday and we will of course ask your favourite question about meddling, and I will be asking it again and you know, what am I gonna do? I mean…he …
In Case You Have To Explain Canada Day To An American
I’m still laughing about butter tarts and bagged milk. I’ve had to explain both of those things recently to people and have found them really hard to explain. Happy Canada Day. I hope you’re staying cool, because holy snappin’ crap it’s hot out there.
The English Language Used To Be Even More Complicated
Did you know that the alphabet used to contain at least ten more letters than it does now? Me neither. I knew about the long S although my brain started to short circuit a bit when he got into explaining its usage rules, but the rest of these were new to me. And try as …
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Why Would He Be Stopping During A Chase…Oh. Wait
I can’t get this to embed, so you’re going to have to go here to watch it. Either that or you can wait for it to show up on all of the blooper reels, because it’s totally going to. A high-speed chase in California’s Inland Empire has been going on for over two hours as …
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So Here’s A Ridiculous Round Of Family Feud
Name a word that follows the word pork seems like a pretty simple question. I thought of a good half dozen answers right away when I heard it. Not everyone is me, apparently. The woman who spells loin lion and whatever the hell a pork tease is supposed to be (pretty sure we all have …
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Make America Grate Again
I’m not sure how many of you are old enough to remember that time when a kid had to teach Vice President Dan Quayle how to spell potato correctly, but the world went pretty nuts over it for a while. If only the world knew what was to come. Now that what was to come …