Language Log

Today's Pearls Before Swine:

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Today's Cathy:

… and anticipations of media to come (courtesy of the Pinheads):

In Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur for 12/14/2009, Danae resists grammar instruction:

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It's been a while since we posted on differences between the sexes, so here's a Zippy on the subject:

Yes, I know, this isn't really about language, but Language Log stumbled into sex differences a few years ago, mostly thanks to Leonard Sax and Louann Brizendine (via David Brooks).

In today's Stone Soup, Val tries to catch up:

Yesterday's Sally Forth:

Yesterday's Get Fuzzy:

Once again, Zippy plays with English morphology. This time it's -ity day in Dingburg:

Today's Irregular Webcomic:

According to CGEL, that should be "Noun: the Gerund-participling".

[Hat tip: Paul Bickart]

This morning's comics page featured at least two strips focusing on Twitter as a literary genre. There was Doonesbury, in which Larry King demonstrates his command of the form:

And Pearls Before Swine, in which Rat edits Pig's copy of Leaves of Grass:

More on the language of footwear, from this morning's Cathy:

Several readers have recommended Wednesday's Non Sequitur: