Grant Barrett

@grantbarrett.com

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Linguist, lexicographer, broadcaster, editor, writer. Co-host of fun coast-to-coast US radio language show/podcast "A Way with Words." @waywordradio.org. +1 646 286 2260 grant@grantbarrett.com #linguistics #lexicography #etymology #podcasting #writing

Two young men are posing in costume at a San Diego Comic-Con. The person on the left is dressed as the Man in the Yellow Hat from the Curious George series, wearing a full yellow outfit with a tall, pointed yellow hat. The person on the right is wearing a brown monkey onesie costume, resembling Curious George. Both wear lanyards with badges reading “Dexter” and their names. Behind them is a large, cartoonish Bilbo the hobbit statue from the 1970s animated version holding a walking stick, standing on a wooden barrel. The background shows a bustling convention floor with recognizable booths, including Marvel and Dark Horse Comics.
Black-and-white single-panel cartoon. A young employee in a beanie faces her manager across a desk. The manager holds an “I DID THAT” decal and a tall stack of reports rises behind her. Caption: “Sending these to shareholders in the annual report isn’t quite what we meant by preparing a self-review.”
Two people are shown on a television news set. A man with an Afro hairstyle and a yellow shirt sits on the left, smiling, with a laptop in front of him. A man with short hair and a grey t-shirt sits on the right, also smiling. A chyron reads, “COME ON Y’ALL! REGIONAL ACCENTS SLOWING DECLINING.”
Photo of Hubbard Glacier's ice front. Text overlay reads ‘ice piracy’ in orange. A small black pirate flag with a skull and crossbones is edited onto an ice peak.
:= walrus operator
Stylized graphic dominated by the large Hindi words ‘उन्नीस’ (Unnees - nineteen) and ‘बीस’ (Bees - twenty) in yellow Devanagari font with dark teal accents. The full phrase ‘उन्नीस-बीस का फ़र्क’ (Unnees-Bees ka Fark) is completed with ‘का फ़र्क’ in smaller teal script below, all set against a red patterned background with colorful floral/paisley designs.
A sleeping calico cat, eyes covered by a paw, lying on a quilt.
A white plastic bag, handles knotted at the top, in a car seat with the safety belt fastened around the bag. The are items in the bag but it is unclear from the photo alone what they are (but we know from the social post that they are burritos). The bag has "THANK YOU" several times and "Have A Nice Day" printed on it in red.
An image of a Tumblr post by "stingrayextraordinaire" that shows many handwritten misspellings of "tragedy." The poster has commented, "«Another year, another group of my delightful ninth graders trying to spell the word "tragedy" for their Romeo and Juliet assignment.»
screen grab from the NYT Style Guide
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DIAGNOSIS OF A COLD. (According to the theory of Dr. O. W. Holmes.) I Moan, Sigh, Groan, I sneeze-- I wheeze Cold chills Like rills Creep o'er. Red nose Redder grows, When it blows- And how sore! Forever more, As it seems, In day dreams; And at night, Swollen, tight as a tick, And as hard as a stick. Most makes you feel sick! Stitch in side, Mouth open wide To catch a breath; Ears stopped like wool, Roaring chock jam full. Mind stupid as any fool, Brain dull as a rusty tool, I am tired almost to death, Catching, snatching for breath. But, ah! just here my doctor comes, My dear doctor (and poet) O. W. Holmes, And says, "Dear sir, your lungs are gaining," Because he notes I am growing more diffuse, In course of all my grumbling and complaining In tbe quantity of syllables I use; This being the essence of his later creed, That people naturally write as they have breath to read. If it were a lady patient, in this style he would greet her : "Do you respire, s, m., c.m., or long particular m
Grant Barrett looking up with a caption that says "Hi, I'm Grant Barrett."
A rendering by Nigel Sussman of the concept of artificial intelligence hallucinating, showing a colorful connection of a head-shaped world, computers, wires, cities, and circuits.
AI-generated colorful banner with the words "2023 words of the year"
A back-scratcher with a metal end fashioned like a claw.