Today Jimmy Carter is officially too old to play with Lego

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"GOBSMACKED!: The British Invasion of American English" by @byagoda.bsky.social@quantick.bsky.sociallithub.com/bell-ends-pi...

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How did British words find their way into American English? In this week's Grammar Girl podcast, author @byagoda.bsky.social tells us stories from his new book "Gobsmacked!" about "brilliant," "ginger" "gone missing" and more! Listen: podfollow.com/173429229

When I have shelves again, a place will be waiting.

Heavy Meta.

I joined the Partners Program at Medium. The first one’s free. benyagoda-com.medium.com/of-strangers...

… of Strangers, at the Australian Open

The New York Times recently asked readers to send in accounts of “acts of kindness” they had experienced while traveling. I was inspired to…

Team Apostrophe here—and a modest request to stop calling it “possessive” case. benyagoda-com.medium.com/tortured-poe...?

“Tortured Poets Department” or “Tortured Poets’ Department” or Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?

I suppose it’s nice that numerous people should ask my opinion about something. I just wish the something were more momentous than the…