Social Media Policy- GRA points to increased use of social media by children as young as nine - Gibraltar Chronicle July 4, 2022
- Instagram bishop: How Archbishop Russell discovered power of social media - Detroit Catholic July 4, 2022
- Anna bought abortion pills via social media. Now, like thousands of other Filipinas, she is dead - The Guardian July 4, 2022
- Social media trend costs cinema over £1,000 | Worcester News - Worcester News July 4, 2022
- British Army’s social media accounts hacked by crypto scammers - Cointelegraph July 4, 2022
- Cops launch probe into fake social media post - Times of India July 4, 2022
- Nupur Sharma hearing judge slams social media opinions, says Parliament should regulate - The Indian Express July 4, 2022
- Stefanos Tsitsipas takes dig at Kyrgios with latest social media post - TennisUpToDate.com July 4, 2022
- Usher Eats Up Latest ‘Tiny Desk Concert,’ Stuns Social Media With Angelic Vocals - Black Enterprise July 4, 2022
- Yankees Social Media: Luis Gil offers update after Tommy John surgery - Pinstripe Alley July 3, 2022
- Kwantlen
- Tsawwassen grad wins major KPU photo award - Delta Optimist July 1, 2022
- Indigenous foundation returns $500K to Catholic nuns involved in Kamloops residential school - CBC.ca June 30, 2022
- 3 students at a Surrey high school win 'triple crown' of scholarships – Surrey Now-Leader - Surrey Now Leader June 29, 2022
- KPU switches from Impark to Concord Parking in July - The Runner June 28, 2022
- Devoted customers say final farewell to long-standing Vancouver DVD rental store - CBC.ca June 27, 2022
- Kwantlen grad angry at absence of retro convocation - Richmond News June 27, 2022
- KPU chancellor receives BC Reconciliation Award – Aldergrove Star - Aldergrove Star June 24, 2022
- Optimist journalist honoured by KPU - Delta Optimist June 23, 2022
- UBC
- The Women Behind Foundational Photography in North America - TheTyee.ca July 4, 2022
- UBC first year residence dining rooms transition to all-access dining plan - Ubyssey Online July 3, 2022
- B.C. women get an up-close encounter with humpback whale off coast of Vancouver Island - CBC.ca July 3, 2022
- Don't get creeped out, but UBC wants your dead body - Vancouver Sun July 3, 2022
- Dairy and Beef research part of the story for B.C. - 100 Mile Free Press July 3, 2022
- UBC Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna tower shimmers in amber - urbanYVR July 3, 2022
- Memorial bike ride held in Vancouver for UBC cyclist student killed by dump truck - Global News July 3, 2022
- Vancouver proposes huge housing development at north end of Granville Bridge - Vancouver Sun July 3, 2022
- Business Education
- 16, Including School Children, Dead as Bus Falls Into Gorge in Himachal's Kullu - News18 July 4, 2022
- Inclusivity Feature: Putting a Strategic Goal into Action - Business News Wales July 4, 2022
- Economist's arrest ends last vestige of liberal influence in Putin's Russia - Financial Times July 4, 2022
- Global inflation: Japan faces a moment of truth - Financial Times July 4, 2022
- 'TEDxRabdanAcademy' takes place under theme of 'Ideas Worth Sharing in Policing and Security' - ZAWYA July 4, 2022
- Things To Consider While Choosing A School For Children - BW Businessworld July 4, 2022
- Academy Of Fashion & Arts Invites Applications For Admission - BW Businessworld July 4, 2022
- Be part of Plastic Free July - The Beagle July 4, 2022
Tag Archives: words
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I had long been puzzled by how many people don’t get the saying “That’s the exception that proves the rule.” This morning it occurred to me that the opacity is not in the minds of my friends but in the phrase’s … Continue reading
Ricotta / Ree-goat
In Fairport, New York, where I grew up, there were lots of Italian American families, and I had many Italian American friends (still do). I married an Italian American from Liverpool, New York, and have a son from this marriage … Continue reading
Accent-removal class
Notes Mark Liberman at Language Log: “In a better world, the speakers of the ‘standard’ variety would take a prejudice elimination class instead.”
Damned, lying lawyers
On Twitter recently I noted that, oddly enough, no word rhymes with doggerel. My friend Jonathan Mayhew tweeted back, “pettifogger hell, though it would rime with doggerel only in doggerel.” I had never even heard the word “pettifogger” before, so … Continue reading
The Art of Scolding, cont’d.
“We have somehow not successfully received your professional-development documentation,” a Dean’s Office colleague wrote me in an email early in my career at Kwantlen. The sentence both charmed and alarmed me, especially the phrase somehow not successfully received, which seemed … Continue reading
On National Grammar Day: A love letter to language
It’s fitting that I should write this post on National Grammar Day. Choosing and arranging the right words with the right endings in the right order with the right punctuation isn’t even close to the most interesting thing I could … Continue reading