Ben Yagoda
@byagoda.bsky.social
Author "Gobsmacked!”; “About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made"; "Will Rogers: A Biography"; "How To Not Write Bad" etc.
No, terrible examples, both would be “got” in US. Better, “I’ve gotten used to this rubbish.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
No, terrible examples, both would be “got” in US. Better, “I’ve gotten used to this rubbish.”
He didn’t use my quote where I called you the OG and the GOAT
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
He didn’t use my quote where I called you the OG and the GOAT
The Daze of [Bobby] Wine and Rojas
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The Daze of [Bobby] Wine and Rojas
Reminds me of “ant-ee-bee-otics
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reminds me of “ant-ee-bee-otics
“Tools” seems to have disappeared for me from both Google and Google books, both on phone and computer
January 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Tools” seems to have disappeared for me from both Google and Google books, both on phone and computer
Thanks. The advanced search page still seems to exist both for Google and Google books. However, there’s no link to them from the home pages.
January 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thanks. The advanced search page still seems to exist both for Google and Google books. However, there’s no link to them from the home pages.
On “rubbish@ as a verb with a h/t to @janfreeman.bsky.social notoneoffbritishisms.com/2018/10/25/r...
“Rubbish” (verb)
The ever-observant Jan Freeman sends along a quote from (Syracuse-born) Daniel Dezner in a Washington Post essay: “When [people associated with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy] tr…
notoneoffbritishisms.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On “rubbish@ as a verb with a h/t to @janfreeman.bsky.social notoneoffbritishisms.com/2018/10/25/r...
Can you come on to talk about anyone you want to?
January 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Can you come on to talk about anyone you want to?