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1. 2 days ago on Lio

   I am here for this entire comment section today.

2. 7 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   i studied French for six years in junior high / high school and used that exact example to push back on a woman who claims to be a polyglot and that “no other languages do that!” I haven’t heard from her since.

3. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   This is entirely consistent with Georgia’s Rhode Island roots. Although plates are currently all numeric, they used to be two letters and three numbers, and when issuing new plates, the Rhode Island DMV would default to giving people a plate number with their initials as the first two letters, or would try to oblige any specific requests.

   Low-number license plates are also a big deal. A number of years ago, the owner of a car dealership wrote to a guy with a three-digit number for his plate, and offered him a new car in exchange for the rights to the plate number. And the guy refused.

4. 9 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   This is not the plot twist I was hoping for.

5. 10 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I learned to use “he” as a pronoun for someone/something of indefinite gender, although “they” has come into more common use in the vernacular over the past several years, and not just because of what we celebrate this month.

   Example: “we need to hire a new file clerk, and they should be familiar with Microsoft Office” or “That car’s driving erratically, I wonder if they’re on the phone.”

   Actually, the English language has used “they” in this context dating back several hundred years, it’s just become a “thing” for certain demographics to complain about over the past few years.

6. 10 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Two. My mom taught me that song too.

7. 10 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Has Sophie ever been outside before?

   No doubt this will be an unpleasant experience for her to go through … but just imagine the art she’ll create on the other side of it!

8. 24 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I was properly informed this evening of a change affecting the cast of characters you all hear about from my world. The Woman remains The Woman, of course. The Boy remains The Boy, the fact that he’s almost of age to be forced off my health insurance notwithstanding. And, of course, The Girl remains The Girl, with occasional forays to being Ariel (Little Mermaid) once the pool opens this weekend.

   The Woman and I have unofficially identified her mom as our DIL for nearly two years now, but over this past weekend she was officially promoted from The Girlfriend to The Fiancee.

9. 24 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   OT Name change

10. about 1 month ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Honest question: is it pronounced differently in Queen’s (or Australian) English?