Leslie Ambedian

"The dry rot of prudence hath eaten the ship of fools to dust; she is no more seaworthy." --T.L. Beddoes

[Little Mayo @Little_Mayo_]

So trans women aren't women then huh

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@JeremyDuns Years ago when I worked for a bookstore we decided judging a book based on its cover wasn't shallow enough for us, and henceforth we would judge books by the author's photograph. I am now going to rush out and read everything by Forsyth.

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@OpheliaBenson I suspect she would not be so tolerant if the same were to happen to one of her lectures. (And I'm not suggesting it should -- this shouldn't happen, period!)

[Lissa Evans @LissaKEvans]

I didn’t know this! Revelatory! The actual word derives from the (French) sound of the block of print clicking into place…

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@susie_dent Another in our family -- the condition of being unable to move because a cat is sitting on you and mustn't be disturbed. We call it being pussed.

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@susie_dent We especially use it to describe particularly pointless crankiness with no discernible cause.

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@susie_dent I once attempted to say to my infant "who's a cranky monkey then", and it came out "who's a crunkle munkle?" Ever since, he's been "the Munkle" and "to crunkle" is an oft-used verb in our house (and sometimes out of it). No one ever seems to notice the latter isn't a real word!

[mariana Z @mariana057]

Dear makers of women's clothing…

Pants pockets should be like poetry.

DEEP ENOUGH TO BE MEANINGFUL.

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@beechchap @ninapaley Ditto!

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@FionneOrlander Can confirm re velvet, at least with my cat.

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@notaveneering @AmandaPCraig @dorothylsayers I wish Petherbridge had done Murder Must Advertise -- my favourite of the non-HV Wimseys.

[Alan M @Heavy_Boab]

Delroy Lindo called it “a classic case of something that could be very negative becoming very positive.”

For families living with Tourette’s, this past week has not felt positive.

Since the BAFTAs and what happened with John Davidson, I have been arguing that my son deserves to leave his home and be included in society like everyone else.

I have had to explain, again and again, that Tourette’s is neurological.
That tics are involuntary.
That coprolalia is not belief, not intent, not character.

Yet the conversation keeps circling back to whether people like John, and by extension my son, should simply stay home to avoid offending anyone.

Stay home.
Remove yourself.
Do not attend events.
Do not exist publicly in case your disability makes someone uncomfortable.

That is the reality this week.

This is not abstract for me. My son already navigates anxiety and the constant fear of being misunderstood. Inclusion cannot mean only if your disability is convenient. It cannot mean you are welcome as long as you do not embarrass us.

My son deserves to leave the house.
He deserves to attend events.
He deserves to exist in public.

And I am exhausted from having to argue that basic truth.

[gabsmashh @gabsmashh]

i saw someone use ai;dr earlier in response to a post and i think we need to make this a more widely-used abbreviation

[Letters of Note @LettersOfNote]

Happy birthday to my favourite of all the haters, Charles Darwin

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@JoeBangles11 That was the thing I found so surprising when I became a parent -- I expected it to be hard, and I expected it to be rewarding, but I didn't expect it to be so much fun!!

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@RefilweSeboko 42 here. Naturally conceived, and no issues other than gestational diabetes in the 3rd trimester.

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

https://t.co/WA02nJKfx6

[Maryam @hell_line0]

A teenage girl beat the reigning champion, a boy, in the regional chess tournament. He knocked the board over and stormed out. The organizers gave her the trophy in a back room. The local paper's headline read, "King Dethroned by Dark Horse." Her photo was not included. The boy was interviewed about "handling pressure." She quit competitive chess. But please, tell me about sportsmanship..

This is the ugly double standard: Boys get sympathy for losing, girls get erased for winning

[Leslie Ambedian @nitouche]

@MrsBertBibby @BradfemlyWalsh Listening to it you can often get the gist -- when I studied it my professor started off by reading a parable (in Sweet's Anglo Saxon Primer) and it was instantly recognizable as the man who built his house on rock vs sand.

[The Oxford Comma @RealOxfordComma]

Happy Christmas to you all, my friends, followers, and fellow pedants.

May your pauses be short, your lists be clear, and no one wonder whether you’re eating Grandma.