Wordy Blog Archive 2021-01

[etymology of confabulation https://www.etymonline.com/word/confabulation]

in past decade, there's a sinister increase in the use of the word individual in place of person. I think it began in the military or law enforcement. Dehumanization. This got widely adopted by mainstream media in recent years, not just in war stories. The milengen idiots confuse it as formal writing.

English Accents

On Federal Reserve, by G Edward Griffin

“set 3 to x” vs “set x to 3”

hodgepodge, jumble, muddle. which is earlier. what nuances

Spelling Reform, My Frend, U No English

Gulped power drink. Now am invincible. Poem n code speeding like ironclad train in my nerves in this moment, i must catch girls and math. Time does no return.

喝了一杯大力水。我现在是天下无敌。诗词与代码在脑子里铁车飞窜。 在这一刻，我必须抓女人和数学。时光不复。

Lojban and Chinese, A Word A Day

saber-rattling