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Dec 11

Unclaimed but Not Invisible

  • By Marty Barrett in extended status update, history, language

marty-barrett-unclaimed-dead-1

Los Angeles has conducted a Burial of the Unclaimed Dead since 1896.

  • columbarium, encampment, homeless, Los Angeles, religion, unclaimed dead
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Feb 01

Oz Never Did Give Nothing to Moulty: A Bucketa Massachusetts Accents

  • By Marty Barrett in extended status update, language, movies, music

tin-man-moulty

The Massachusetts accent isn’t achieved simply by dropping an R.

  • accent, alfred drake, amy adams, barbarians, ben affleck, boston, Dana Andrews, Dr. Martin Luther King, emerson college, forrest whitaker, Fredric March, harold russell, hoagy carmichael, jack haley, jack nicholson, james brown, jay leno, john f. kennedy, johnny damon, kevin white, massachusetts, matt damon, moulty, ray flynn, robin williams, tip o'neill, victor moulton, whitey bulger, william wyler
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Nov 09

Today in This: English Language Unveils More Demonstrative Adjectives for Social Media

  • By Marty Barrett in language, memes, social media

demonstrative adjectives

THIS.

  • Abraham Lincoln, clownfish, demonstrative adjectives, devendra banhart, kardashians, this
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