Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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The word ‘wife’

I found out yesterday that someone has been messing with my Wikipedia entry. Kelley changed from being my partner to being my…

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Posted on October 23, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Froot bat: the psychology of vowels

Discussion in our house last night, just before we fell asleep: “He’s…hmmn, I was going to say batshit crazy but that’s not…

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Posted on December 3, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

oldest words in English identified

The BBC tells us that the oldest words in English have been identified. (Via Heroic Age.) I feel as though I should…

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Posted on February 28, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

interrobang?!

I learnt a new word the other day: interrobang. It means ‘?!’ Apparently, printers call an exlamation point a bang, so if…

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Posted on November 8, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

origins and insults

From: Sly An excerpt (from And Now We Are Going to Have a Party): “I imagined the officer nodding self-importantly and reporting…

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Posted on July 24, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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