Thanks, it has pockets!

[Image description: the Greek creator goddess Gaia complements the Australian goddess Eingana on her new animal, a kangaroo. Eigana relies “Thanks, it has pockets!”] I like to imagine all the creator goddesses from every polytheistic religion hang out together and are friends.Eingana is specifically a Jawoyn goddess from northern Australia, and is also referred to […]

Linguistic Prescriptivists Make Terrible Zoologists

If you love language, be a descriptivist, not a prescriptivist!Remember:Just because a word isn’t in your dictionary, doesn’t mean it isn’t a word. Just because a dialect is different from the standard language, doesn’t mean it isn’t valid. Just because someone uses a word in a way you aren’t familiar with, doesn’t mean they are wrong.And, however you […]