fyeahenglishmajorarmadillo:
[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “’…the dichotomy presented by this visceral juxtaposition…’” Bottom text: “EVERY PAPER, A+”]
Every paper in my Brit. Lit. class.
fyeahenglishmajorarmadillo:
Submitted by: conversationslips
[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “ [“Frankenstein is such a creepy monster.”] ” Bottom text: “ [I do not think that means what you think it means.] ”
It’s horses all the way down!
scout:
kateoplis:
The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will never be printed due to internet’s impact on book sales. This, after 21 years of work by a team of 80 lexicographers.
My dreams of my parents purchasing the single-volume edition of the OED as a gift when I finish my M.A.T. are officially crushed.
meaghano:
tenrewnna:
The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.
For example, when I read the sentence “I care about this alot,” this is what I imagine
(via Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything)
Beautiful. A work of art.
scout:
littlepotato:
back to school: norton anthologies bigger than my head.
i have that monster, too. not fun to carry to class.
Haha. Oh, Norton.
I feel like Norton should be financially responsible for my inevitable chiropractor bills once I’m out of school, since I’ll still be carrying these beasts around as a teacher.