Mignon Fogarty / is on Nostr

Grammar Girl. Podcaster. New York Times bestselling author. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. California. she/her

#AmWriting 7/23 Grammar Girl podcast
#AmReading House with Good Bones (Kingfisher)

Last Notes

2024-08-18 00:38:06

- reply

@npub127m…9daj Interesting. I have to enter more personal info though this than vote.org (at the CA Secretary of State site it directs me to).

2024-08-07 21:39:13

I saw the most amazing thing on a roadtrip outside Los Angeles a couple of days ago! The picture doesn't do it justice, but there were rainbow colors *inside* this cloud.
I think it's called a fire rainbow, and they're rare. I've never seen one before.
#Rainbow
https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/112/922/895/375/483/166/original/cb12d35d17db1c6c.png

2024-08-02 14:25:36

- reply

I'm asking because I'm switching to primarily using WhatsApp to have people send in their familect stories for the podcast because WhatsApp is widely used and has a super generous time limit for messages.
But I haven't used it much myself, so I want to be sure I'm accurate with my messaging when I tell people how to send me a message.
(And if you'd like to send me your familect story, this is the link: https://wa.me/message/LTNZOVFAQJK6B1)

2024-08-02 14:23:11

Here's a question for people who use WhatsApp more than I do: What do you call it when you record an audio message and send it to someone through the chat?
Is it a voice message? A voice chat? A voice memo? Something else? 1/2

2024-08-01 20:17:05

After finishing my piece about "I before E except after C," I'm now deep down a rabbit hole researching why it's easier to remember things that rhyme.
What are some of your favorite educational rhymes?
(I already have "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.")

2024-07-22 23:05:06

The way you make a name that ends in S possessive depends on which style guide you follow:
AP Stylebook: Harris' campaign
Chicago Manual of Style (and others): Harris's campaign
#AmWriting

2024-07-22 21:26:24

I've gotten a couple of reports from people who say the podcast isn't updating anymore on their feeds, and we haven't been able to find the problem. I'm trying to figure out how widespread it is.
If you've had trouble getting the new episodes of the Grammar Girl podcast, please let me know!

2024-07-01 21:38:27

I recorded episode 1,000 of the Grammar Girl podcast today.
I can't decide which is the most appropriate emoji. So many options!
🥳
🤯
😎
🤪
#podcasting

2024-04-26 15:00:57

A foreign friend who is a translator asked if I know what the term "lazy sad" means.
I've never heard it, so I don't. A Google search makes me think it's just a song title.
Have any of you heard it being used outside of a song?

2024-04-17 16:56:01

Did anyone else just feel a really quick, strong #earthquake on the central coast of California?

2024-01-19 01:26:21

I can't seem to catch a break medically these days, so I hurt my TMJ and am on a soft-food diet.
Pat was lovely and bought me a bunch of baby food yesterday. I was skeptical and thought it looked gross, but it's actually delicious! Why didn't anyone ever tell me?
The best:
Blueberry + banana
Sweet potato
Also quite good:
Chicken and vegetable
Turkey and rice
I can imagine having these on hand for a healthy snack or quick meal when I'm busy all the time. This feels like a #lifehack. 🤣

2024-01-18 21:37:08

Off the top of my head, podcast transcripts are good because they:
— Are Important for accessibility.
— Are required for your podcast to be used in a classroom.
— Can help you get more exposure if people find them through search.
— Can make your content easier to share. (If you have a friend you know won't listen to a podcast, you can still send the info.)
— Provide an entry point for people who aren't ready to commit to listening.
What else?
#podcasting

2024-01-02 22:10:40

The phrase "no worries" usually doesn't bother me at all, but I am in customer service chat hell, and if the agent types "Okay, no worries" one more time after completely missing my point, I may lose it.

2023-08-15 02:47:59

I just almost made an apostrophe error in a paragraph about apostrophe errors. Time is a flat circle (or something like that).
#AmWriting #AmWritingTooLateInTheDay

2023-08-14 15:55:47

I just discovered a new and wonderful thing about being able to edit your posts here: When you ask a question, you can update the post once you get the answer (since lots of people won't see your reply or follow-up post with the answer).

2023-08-07 15:00:37

After more than 17 years of making the Grammar Girl podcast and interacting with people about language in many, many ways, I still get legitimate questions I've never seen before.