Alfred the Unicorniest
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Punster, puzzler & pedant; words, typography & computer nut. (at)unicorniest(at)thoughtful(dot)social (at)unicorniest(dot)bsky(dot)social
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@Sundae_Gurl
Are you discounting the possibility of putting the apostrophe after the ‘s’ rather than before it?
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@DanyChheang
@vinkjohn
@VICE
The offending article has been taken down but I haven’t seen any signs of an apology from either the author or the publisher.
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@KatrinaTransfem
@benmauk
I don’t know how to break this to you gently, but that’s the Queen Consort, not The Queen.
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@jolyonralph
@ABatemanHouse
I expect that would depend on whether or not nitric oxide is involved.
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@Paul44890668
@MichaelRosenYes
There was “Let’s Parler Franglais” by Miles Kington in the 1980s, but there was also “Fractured French“ by F.S. Pearson three decades earlier. (Fractured French features gems like "Mise en scene" = "There are mice in the river".)
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@WineFromSkulls
@BootstrapCook
If there really was such a documentary I’m surprised you’re allowed to talk about it.
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@clovis69
@mariszkalime
@Southldntabby
Trebuchet is a good font for people with dyslexia, and it looks more elegant than Comic Sans. It also displays correctly on Apple mobile devices, whereas Comic Sans is usually replaced by the script font Snell Roundhand.
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@UberFacts
You’re tweeting about an autopsy, so what makes you think you need to begin with the words “After his death”? 🤔
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@Citizen_Kryptik
@OhNoSheTwitnt
Maybe they were holding out for a comment from John Miller or David Dennison.
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Happy anniversary,
#BookIllustrationOfTheDay3
, and congratulations to
@mrjamesmayhew
for keeping his endeavour going for so long. To mark the occasion, I’ve chosen one of the beautiful illustrations that James created for ‘The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams‘ by Jenny Koralek.
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@JMacreany
‘Spread Sheeran’ and ‘Gritly Come Dancing’ must have been hiding when that screenshot was taken!
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@ninapaley
@Indiegogo
The Indiegogo site merely says that "Agents of H.A.G. Comic Book" is "under review" and "not accepting contributions". It says nothing about the campaign having been canceled. Why do they think it's OK to behave like this?👎
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@Rainmaker1973
It works for me, but only if I’m careful not to shift my gaze at all. It’s easier with the image from the linked Wikipedia page, where there’s a cross to focus on.
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@jonslater37
Always worth sharing, but best to remember to credit the amazing bodypainting artist, Johannes Stötter.
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@DocAtCDI
@tennisreva
That reminds me of the boy hearing the biblical story about Lot’s wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt, prompting him to remark, “That’s nothing! When my mother looked back while she was driving me home from school, she turned into a lamppost.”
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@stephanneuhaus1
@TheKingAdRob
No, that would be the Acquiranians. The Acquitanians were the people who wanted to declare that no one was guilty.
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@robtownsend
@MooseAllain
And the first man to walk on the moon was Neil A, which is ‘Alien’ backwards.
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@MrG48
@EmmaKennedy
<pedantry>
Henry isn’t a Hoover. It’s manufactured by Numatic International.
</pedantry>
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@mrjamesmayhew
@mavisluvspeas
Also from a maternity ward, as related by the junior doctor in question:
Doctor: What are you going to call him?
Mother-to-be: I quite like the name Gooey that I read in a Mills & Boon novel.
Doctor: How do you spell it?
Mother-to-be: G-U-Y.
#TrueStory
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#Wordle
#Wordle927
6/6* 😅
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 93/99
Luck 22/99
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@otrochris
@Rainmaker1973
From the linked article: “It's all lubricated using dry soap or candle wax, which can be pretty effective lubricants when used with wood.”
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@gffcontwitch
@StephenKing
The Twitter bird is a carefully thought out geometrical construction by a graphic artist. The 𝕏 is nothing more than the Unicode character U+1D54F, or MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL X.
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@LaymansLinguist
Here in the Central Belt of Scotland there’s a very old joke about the past tense of "go". When a boy laments “I wish I hadnae goed!" his mother responds with "Ye mean ye wish to Goed ye hadnae went!!"
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@LarryWirth
@Sundae_Gurl
I don’t see why “sake” needs to be made plural here; cf. “old times’ sake”.
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#Wordle
#Wordle853
6/6* Loadsa mistakes! 🙄
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⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
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Luck 39/99
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Even in these pandemic times we should be allowed the occasional LUNGFUL of fresh air!
@Notaspellingbe1
#Nytspellingbee
#hivemind
#nytbee
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#Wordle
#Wordle926
6/6* 😅
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🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
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#Wordle
#Wordle931
6/6* 😅
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WordleBot
Skill 83/99
Luck 56/99
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@NoContextBrits
A bit of context, for those wondering:
@bantam_polly
@WeWantPlates
Teeny tiny towel that looked like one of the amuse bouche. Utterly hilarious. Didn’t honk the papers would pick up my tweets though. 😂
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Reaching 👑🐝without needing to consult the
@beesolved
grid was a welcome departure from the norm for me.
#Nytspellingbee
#hivemind
#nytbee
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@NotNobody5
@qikipedia
That ‘Drafts’ icon looks to me like a standard document icon. If it were the beginnings of a paper plane it would have the corner folded all the way to the middle.
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It’s been a few days since my last 👑🐝 so I was pleasantly surprised to finish today’s puzzle!
#Nytspellingbee
#hivemind
#nytbee
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I knew from my score that I was looking for a 7- or 8-letter word for 👑🐝. Thanks to
@beesolved
I narrowed it down enough to render it discoverable!
#Nytspellingbee
#hivemind
#nytbee
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@flushednsticky
@benjaminwittes
It’s funny how people who happily say “between you and I” would never dream of saying “between we”!
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@jimineuropa
@RaeEarl
@richard_littler
A quick search of the Interwebs reveals that Herbert Morrison was preceded by George Lansbury as Chairman of the Labour Party. Oliver Postgate and Angela Lansbury were two of George Lansbury’s grandchildren (and therefore each other’s first cousins).
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