149: Grammar Girl Is 20 (live with Mignon Fogarty and friends)

As Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty has been dispensing grammar wisdom for 20 years, and her book Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing has gotten an update. So what's new? How has the scene changed? And will you be able to spot the phony grammar rules from the real (and equally bizarre) ones? Grammar goddess Mignon Fogarty joins us with a live audience of patrons. Join us! patreon.com/becauselangpod

Video episode: https://youtu.be/2hagymSrwT8

Timestamps

00:00 Start: Everybody's dooting 01:00 Intros: Daniel, Hedvig, and Mignon Fogarty 02:32 Mignon's journey as Grammar Girl 04:38 New patron shoutout 07:55 Grammar Girl as an identity 14:28 Public shifts in prescriptivism 17:57 Two truths and one lie: Outlandish grammar advice 30:33 The intersection of grammar and manners 33:46 Oxford comma advice 41:00 Related or Not: Theme by Andy from Logophilius 42:12 Related or Not: deck and decorate 46:42 Related or Not: vassal and vessel 50:47 Related or Not: robot, rob, robe, Robert 56:01 Revising Grammar Girl's book 01:00:52 Hopefully isn't wrong 01:05:46 Actual good grammar advice 01:08:56 What's changed in the lingcomm scene? 01:10:11 Cursed question from Hedvig 01:14:14 Word of the Week: liquid content 01:17:49 Word of the Week: sexy apocalypse 01:20:38 Word of the Week: tilcayo 01:22:45 Thanks to all and bye 01:23:09 The Reads