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doge, dogespeak, grammar, humor, linguistics, sociolinguistics
For your Friday enjoyment, I would like to recommend a blog post published on The Toast, analyzing the grammar of one of the internet’s favorite memes:
This article is nothing less than sheer brilliance. The only thing I don’t like about it is the fact that I didn’t think to write it myself. Though I shouldn’t complain too much, because I’m not sure I could have written such a delightful analysis. As an example, I give you this sentence:
But what is it about shiba inus that makes them violate the selectional restrictions of certain English modifiers?
Grammar gets a bad rap. Gretchen McCulloch (and Doge) makes grammar playful. Please do yourself a favor and click over to that article.
Such Friday. So joy. Wow.
Not to be a killjoy, but your blog title would be better served as “very grammar”; I think “such grammar” is too … correct. *:^)
Such link. Very thanks. Amaze!
Nuts! Wayne I think you’re right. I gave that title some thought too, because I had originally said “such linguistics” but that was way too standard English! Clearly you’re more fluent at Doge than I am 🙂
Thanks for your comment, it made me laugh. I’m glad you enjoyed the link!
-Allison