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Erin McKean Quotes

What I’m interested in is how people are reading and writing English Picture Quote #1

Words take on many different meanings Picture Quote #1

Lexicographers are language reporters Picture Quote #1

People say jargon is a bad thing, but it’s really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another Picture Quote #1

Uniforms are intended to make the wearer look as strong as possible. Soldiers could fight in leotards, but that’s never going to happen because leotards aren’t intimidating Picture Quote #1

Serendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult Picture Quote #1

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You can limit the number of invitations to an in-person fashion show, but you can’t police the Internet Picture Quote #1

The use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale Picture Quote #1

Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in a dictionary and reading a definition Picture Quote #1

Most consumers don’t have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, ‘Over 250,000 entries.’ And they go, ‘Great, this dictionary must be awesome!’ Picture Quote #1

I think we would all like to believe that every new event demands a new word. But we’re environmentally conscious with our words. We recycle words we’ve got Picture Quote #1

Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that’s ever been used in print Picture Quote #1

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All language is a popularity contest Picture Quote #1

Language is a nice way to remember things Picture Quote #1

Aging has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying Picture Quote #1

Experiences is just paying attention as time passes Picture Quote #1

You can weaponize nice... Being nice can make you be a little underestimated Picture Quote #1

Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it’s cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There’s something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you Picture Quote #1

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By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time Picture Quote #1

Serendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult Picture Quote #1

And I don’t like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don’t car how careful you are, they’re just plain messy. I can’t believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me Picture Quote #1

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What I’m interested in is how people are reading and writing English (Erin McKean Quotes) Words take on many different meanings (Erin McKean Quotes) Lexicographers are language reporters (Erin McKean Quotes) People say jargon is a bad thing, but it’s really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another. (Erin McKean Quotes) Uniforms are intended to make the wearer look as strong as possible. Soldiers could fight in leotards, but that’s never going to happen because leotards aren’t intimidating. (Erin McKean Quotes) Serendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult. (Erin McKean Quotes) You can limit the number of invitations to an in-person fashion show, but you can’t police the Internet. (Erin McKean Quotes) The use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale. (Erin McKean Quotes) Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in a dictionary and reading a definition. (Erin McKean Quotes) Most consumers don’t have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, ‘Over 250,000 entries.’ And they go, ‘Great, this dictionary must be awesome!’ (Erin McKean Quotes) I think we would all like to believe that every new event demands a new word. But we’re environmentally conscious with our words. We recycle words we’ve got. (Erin McKean Quotes) Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that’s ever been used in print. (Erin McKean Quotes) All language is a popularity contest (Erin McKean Quotes) Language is a nice way to remember things (Erin McKean Quotes) Aging has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying (Erin McKean Quotes) Experiences is just paying attention as time passes (Erin McKean Quotes) You can weaponize nice... Being nice can make you be a little underestimated (Erin McKean Quotes) Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it’s cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There’s something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you (Erin McKean Quotes) By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time (Erin McKean Quotes) Serendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult (Erin McKean Quotes) And I don’t like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don’t car how careful you are, they’re just plain messy. I can’t believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me (Erin McKean Quotes)