Austin is absolutely terrible. Don't come here. You'll hate it. Don't even think about moving here, seriously.

I'm so glad Jahanara is someone else's favorite too. I considered stealing that one from the school library.

It is terrible, but the obvious ease of scoring on the Star of David vs. a swastika is what I found most outrageous about the whole story.

I can definitely see this story as a metaphor for an entire marriage.

About a month after he moved down here, my boyfriend had a minor pronunciation-related freakout I privately call "The Manor Rd Incident", which is why I thought to mention that specific one to you!

Because it allows us to identify and mock newcomers. Actually, calling Guadalupe “Guadaloop” is a real old-Austin move. I know plenty of people who pronounce it correctly/like the river. Free tip: Manor Rd is MAY-ner. Not MAH-nor.

Over generations, we just completely gave up on trying to pronounce it remotely correctly. Also, I don’t know how that x got in there, but it probably contributed to the general confusion.

It comes from a Spanish name, Bejar (there should be a little accent mark over the e, but I don’t know how to do that on kinja).

*pat pat*

oh god, I’m not going to respond directly to anyone who’s done it, because I’m not quite that bitchy, but (GRAMMAR NAZI ALERT), no one person is a UT alumni. You can be an alumnus, or an alumna, or just a casual alum, but unless you are literally plural people, you are not an alumni.

Poor Chelsea. She was an awkward teen, and definitely a late-bloomer . She grew out of it just fine, but she went through that unfortunate phase directly in the eye of the media. Sasha and Malia are lucky that their genetics are carrying them through more gracefully. Michelle is probably also a more helpful style…

I really can’t imagine Bill choosing to marry a woman who wasn’t at least more than averagely attractive. I mean, besides the horndog tendencies, he seems like a very physical image-focused politician. He definitely considered how good they would look together before proposing.

I thought it was pronounced like "gay-ole". I think I was in college before I learned you say it just like jail.

God, rich people spend money on the stupidest things. Also, I really hope, when JKR realized people would spend exorbitant amounts of money on anything connected to her writing HP, she went out bought like a thrift store chair and a jankety typewriter and was all "yup! This is the very chair! This the exact…

Upcoming: a cat AND owl AND bunny AND hedgehog café! Merged for your convenience! There will be blood! And the high-pitched squeals and pained shrieks of small, fluffy, cute things devouring and being devoured!

Side note: I always thought the title was Marquis for men and Marquess for women. Nope! Marquis is the French title. Marquess is correct for British titles, and their female counterparts are Marchionesses, which is a very impressive yet silly title.

I predict that cities in the UK/Ireland will shortly be fighting swarms of panhandlers dressed as druids and intimidating the tourists with sacrificial sickles made of aluminum foil.

I think Jordan grew up in a very oppressive religious cult. It's the only way to explain that "watch a dude eat an incredibly common food for the first time" series.

I very nearly laughed out loud at that line and had to pretend like I was scratching my nose until I had it under control. That was either some politician-level “avoid the questioning” or that guy has the brain of a drunk mouse.

So I immediately threw myself down that wormhole because I’m morbid, and it seems that about one person a year dies on a Disney attraction of perfectly natural causes.