Don't mess with Word-geek Woman!

Carol Fisher Saller may need a vacation:

Quoting:

Q. Is there a period after an abbreviation of a country if it is terminating a sentence? “I went to U.K..”

A. Seriously, have you ever seen two periods in a row like that in print? If we told you to put two periods, would you do it? Would you set your hair on fire if CMOS said you should?

(I love CMOS Q&A.)

Parkway may rise again

Local folks might be interested in this, which I'm blogging because I blogged their demise, and I'm feeling completist today.

Grossest food ever?

Do not click if you're squeamish. I mean it. Just don't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu

(Other nominations for "Grossest food ever" entertained in comments.)

Edit: Another candidate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milbenk%C3%A4se

Talking about talking about privilege

[posted to serene and 42magazine]

There's some really wonderful stuff being posted now (and recently) about the stigmatizing language based on disability and gender that people (English-speaking people, that is, unless I've missed some discussion of other languages) often use in everyday speech.

(This is nowhere NEAR an exhaustive list. It's just the tabs I have open right now; I closed a few before I thought to make this post.)

bcholmes talks about how she felt when vito_excalibur used the word "tranny" in a panel, and Vito responds (note that there are lots more comments at their LJs, same handles)

sasha_feather talks about the Rethinking Disability Metaphors panel at Wiscon; so does sophy.

vito_excalibur talks some more (again, even more conversation at the LJ equivalent of the post) about ablist language and lots of people make smart points

My friends and friends-of-friends are such smart, thoughtful, loving, awesome people! I love it.