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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.52.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Blursday is a popular word to use when you don't know what day of the week it is. It captures that disoriented feeling when everything is a blur. And our wonderful fiction editor Diana Pho is back with a comparison of middle grade and young adult fiction. You'll learn a lot! Read the transcripts: Blursday. Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Use the hashtag #WhereIListen to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars card game. Grammar Girl books. HOST: Mignon Fogarty VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe http://twitter.com/grammargirl http://facebook.com/grammargirl http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

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0:00.0

Gamer Girl here, I'm Minyan Fuguri, your friendly guide to the English language.

0:09.8

We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

0:13.4

Today we'll talk about some interesting pandemic-related words and about the difference between middle

0:18.7

grade and young adult fiction.

0:20.7

A new study by UK researchers found that you are not alone.

0:27.7

It really does feel like time is distorted when we're strictly staying home and alone during

0:34.0

the pandemic.

0:36.0

Only about 20% of the people they surveyed felt like time was passing normally, but of

0:42.2

the 80% who felt like the passage of time was altered, half felt like it was going faster,

0:48.9

and half felt like it was going slower.

0:52.3

The people who felt like time was dragging tended to be older, bored, and lonely, and

0:57.8

the people who felt like time was speeding by tended to be younger and much busier, like

1:03.1

parents juggling jobs and children.

1:05.7

Wush, they're one another day.

1:08.4

But whether it feels like time is going fast or slow, one thing researchers think is altering

1:14.4

the perception of time is that many of us have lost our routines.

1:19.2

We don't have to leave the house by a certain time to make it to work or to get the kids

1:23.2

to school, and weekends can be a lot like weekdays.

1:28.4

And that's where we get to the words, because people seem to want a word to describe the

1:33.8

feeling of not knowing what day of the week it is.

1:38.0

Nancy Friedman, a corporate naming expert who goes by Frit and Nancy on Twitter, has been

1:42.8

publishing semi-regular roundups of new words related to the coronavirus, and her most

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