Random cool/interesting stuff from around the net.
The jokes in this newsletter may be stale but at least they aren't 540 years old like these ones! If you've ever thought about preserving your wit for future generations, now is the time to scan the notes from your stand-up routine and put them on Manawatū Heritage.
People are getting really-mad about incorrect hyphen-usage. Well, they should-be. Join the outrage by reading-this-article and then phone a friend to describe when and why you would happily break those rules, and when you'd defend them with your last-breath.
Kaylee Bell, a country musician from Aotearoa, is the first-ever independent female country artist to be accredited gold for a single or EP in Australia. Congratulations Kaylee!
Here's a cool list of books that don't exist. Some authors are people who love books so much that they'll write books about other books that aren't real. That's true dedication! Just please don't ask us to Interloan the original, unabridged version of S. Morgenstern's The Princess Bride...
Do the US vs UK book cover poll and join in the age-old argument of which is better!
Finally, see how the English language has a centuries-long history of borrowing words from other languages, in this wonderful article. |
