In the National Puzzlers’ League, Merriam-Webster is the publisher
\nof two of our standard references. They have a lot to say online
\nabout the many shades of meaning of “normal.” Here are a few
\nthat caught my eye:<\/p>\n
The normal spelling rule is “i before e, except after c.”<\/em> It was just a normal, average day.<\/em> Cornell researchers showed that monarch butterflies that fed on leaves Their reaction to the news was normal and expected.<\/em> The noise made it impossible to carry on a normal conversation.<\/em> \u2026 is your home office either your principal place of work or a place Challenges are a normal part of life; remind yourself of that\u2014and keep going. Have a nice, normal, average day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the National Puzzlers’ League, Merriam-Webster is the publisher of two of our standard references. They have a lot to say online about the many shades of meaning of “normal.” Here are a few that caught my eye: The normal spelling rule is “i before…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97407,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92824\/revisions\/97407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOops. Sheila doesn’t follow the rule. I’m in trouble already.<\/p>\n
\nWho would ever say that? Get real, M-W.<\/p>\n
\ndusted with pollen from this [genetically] modified corn grew less and
\nhad higher mortality than larvae that fed on leaves dusted with normal pollen.
\n\u2014 Russell Schoch<\/em>
\nWhoa, way to go, M-W! Let’s take that extra space to tell it like it is.<\/p>\n
\nThen why even bother to make a note of that? Boring.<\/p>\n
\nTesty. Beginning to seem more like real (normal) life. Traffic? Cicadas?<\/p>\n
\nwhere you meet with customers or clients in the normal course of business?
\n\u2014 Rosalind Resnick and Susie Archer<\/em>
\nAnd what about in the abnormal course of business? Nosy question.<\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Gabrielle Gayagoy<\/em>
\nWhat would we do without our “lifestyle writers”?<\/p>\n