Grimmer Girl here. I'm in Yon Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

the English language. We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. I have a big

metaphorical pile of questions from listeners in which the answers are too short to be a

whole podcast segment. So today I'm going to string them together into a bunch of quick hits.

First is Pete. Hi, Mignon. This is Pete from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. And I have this one

particular podcast that I enjoy listening to regularly. And at the start of every episode,

the podcaster says, we talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. Now, to my ear,

the way that said suggests that the stuff that preceded the cool stuff is not itself cool,

which we all know is completely incorrect. I'm wondering about the difference between the way

you say it and perhaps and other cool stuff. If that makes a difference, it's not so much a

grammar question as it is just the way things sound to me kind of question. So just wanted to hear

your opinion. Thanks. Thanks, Pete. You are not the only person who's made this observation.

And I have to say that when I was trying to think of a catch all phrase for the other things we

talk about, it was so obvious to me that writing, history, and rules are cool that it never occurred

to me that adding and cool stuff to the end would imply that they aren't. But I can completely see

how it could be interpreted that way. It's a little bit like a joke format. I love that uses

implications. They're like the existence of popcorn implies the existence of mom corn,

and the existence of badminton implies the existence of goodminton. I guess the inclusion of

cool stuff implies the rest is not cool. And I guess I should change the opening. Thanks.

Hi, grammar girl. This is Karyan from Phoenix, Arizona. I'm currently bingeing fine felt for

the first time ever. And in season three, episode 19, Jerry witnesses a hit and runs. When Elaine

urges him to follow the perpetrator, he insists it's not safe. And she responds, what are you? Yellow?

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