No, I don't want to finish my reading -- how'd you guess?

[eruthros]

Hi, Geoff Pullum! Fancy meeting you in a silly story about a mother banning adjectives.

Yep, apparently someone overheard a woman telling her son "we do not use adjectives," and of course it ended up on Language Log.

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[monti.livejournal.com]

food_porn had fishy cupcakes today! When I first saw the pic, I thought they were yours.

[eruthros]

Mine would not be made with goldfish crackers. But otherwise, hmmm. Blue frosting apparently = ocean. Perhaps one could do it with mint green frosting and little chocolate fishes. (Like the ones in Phish Food.)