You know you’re a linguigeek when…

This is on your bedside table for a little relaxing nighttime reading:

 

I should probably update. This issue is 2004. The Academy recently released some new spelling conventions and things, so I am falling behind.

By the way, as I looked around when considering the title for this post, I found the following gem of clarification on thesaurus.com: “a geek is any smart person with an obsessive interest, a nerd  is the same but also lacks social grace, and a dweeb  is a mega-nerd.” I decided that geek was the most appropriate term in my case.

About Verla

Wordfreak. Linguist. WA State licensed P.I. #3377. Principal, Viera Investigations. Spanish-English interpreter. Sole proprietor, Encanto Language Services. Erstwhile librarian. Texan by birth, cheesehead by upbringing, latina by soul, PacNWer by choice. Jewelry artist, Different Drummer Designs. Owner, world’s most gigantic dachshund. Driver, world’s almost smallest car. Chocoholic. Lover of things purple.
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