Funny word stuff

Mould Wine (mulled wine) a casting mould for a bottle of wine

Cool Log (call log) it is so cool (or call lol) 

draw the curtains (emplying i should literally draw some curtains) 

Books under the bed-covers for me. I've never actually asked my Mum whether she knew I was awake until the early hours every night as a child (she has the same late-onset insomnia as me, so may well have done.)  It's how I learned to be so quiet and picked up my talent for mapping squeaky floorboards. Even during the day, my landlady, who lives in the room below, says she can't tell whether I'm in or not unless I have one of my stupid clumsy accidents, and I'm forever startling people by creeping up on them unawares without meaning to.

I wonder whether, without the internet, I'd even have built the confidence to disclose my diagnosis to anyone in my circle of friends. It was only when I did that I discovered that I already had two autistic friends. Now I know that I have two very old friends that are autistic, and dozens of new people I can talk to on-line every day (or night!) I can't begin to imagine how isolated and lonely I might have felt had I been diagnosed and not had the internet. I nearly went crazy early on last year when I lost my home internet connection for a few months - joining in on the forums just isn't something I would do at a public WiFi hotspot, I have to be in my sanctuary.

That reminds me of when the interviewer couldn't stop laughing after his "accidental" spoonerism when introducing "Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary" (later Health Secretary) on the Today show. It was so apt that the interviewer was James Naughtie (nominal determinism, as New Scientist would call it.)

I only just found out when fact-checking, that Hunt took it rather well and thanked him for his "most memorable interview ever."

Around 1990, the cabinet member Edwina Currie was visiting the university to talk to the association of conservative students.  

Demonstrations were planned and posters put up, saying .

GIVE CURRIE HER CHIPS

When I was a child there was no internet so if I couldn't sleep I'd listen to Radio 4 until it closed down, then the BBC World Service. I have fond memories of hearing the Shipping Forecast.

The internet is a brilliant distraction on sleepless nights these days, and just generally really! Not sure how I would have got through the last few weeks without it. Like many people here I benefit from being part of a wider community. 

It's one of the few advantages of being a chronic insomniac, I find!

Enjoy!

So much brilliant language-related stuff here... I may never get anything else done ever again! 

I really like Language Log for it's bizarre mix of weird word stuff; there everything from stuff like that through to really deep academic analysis of all sort of bizarre aspects of language - even a few topics now and then that are quite pertinent to autistic language differences. It's also a good source of language related cartoons (checking the daily SMBC cartoon is always the first thing I do when I open my web-browser.)

One of my favourites on Language Log is their fascination with computer translation "poetry". For example, if you ask Google Translate to translate the following from Frisian...

З зззззз зззззз ззззззззззззз зззззззз ззззззззз

з зз ззз зззз ззззз зззззз ззззззз
зззззззз ззззззззз зззззззззз
ззззззззззз зззззззззззз

З ззззз зззззз зззззззззззз
ззззззззззз зззззз ззз ззз
ззззззззззззззззззз ззз з зззз
ззззззззззззззззззззз

Зззз ззззз зззззз ззззззззз ззззз ззззззззз

...into English...

From the Conjugation of the Expression of the Impression

From the abyss of the abyss, the abnormality of the abyss
the degree of jerkiness of the jungle
it is a time of gravitational excitement

From the beginning of the abyss
The skewness of the abnormalities of the abyss
the rupture of the abyss begins
due to a shortened time

The Causes of the Causes of the Causes of the Causes

The "blog roll" button on the right hand pane at Language Log will also give you a list of dozens of different linguistic sites, and some of them are absolutely hilarious. A couple of favourites are; Harmless Drudgery, written by a woman who works compiling dictionary entries and has the most incredible sense of humour; and Strong Language, dedicated entirely to swearing. I haven't explored the half of them yet, but there'd be plenty of goodies for this thread!

This is wonderful. Calf squeeze contractors sounds like what my physiotherapist has got me doing. I definitely want some Be interesting candles!

Some rather interesting Vietnamese food...

(from @okrent on Twitter, via Language Log)

@MichaelaChung1 Twitter 

No, but I want to go there! 

It often takes me a long time to get jokes, I have finally understood this one (after about 18 hours!) 

The phrase "Prostrate Problems" always makes me think of someone struggling to get off the floor..

Well known pub and eatery - Customer Care Course (2015)

@billybarrett123 Twitter  

Nail technicians defiled? 

The secret language of the domestic refrigerator....

Not everyone realises that fridges from different parts of the world all speak their own languages and dialects, as you can see in this handy guide to understanding fridges that have recently emigrated here from Korea...

"Woong" is now officially my favourite new word of 2018! (Those are real Korean onamatapoeic words, as you can read about on Language Log, where I first discovered this)

(from this tweet by @clairpvarley)

Other fridges are such good impressionists and mimics that they can even speak to your cat while you're away...

(from this tweet by @PigletParker)

I wish I worked in this office!

Some people are really creative with their names...

Not the place to buy your books...