Processing phenomena in the wild

 

Resumptive pronouns

  • “I hate to tell you this, but I think that you might be living in a world that I don’t know [who else exists in it]” – Jo Firestone, Everyday Decisions with Jo Firestone podcast, Episode 2 "Nasty Ass Smoothie, Freaky Ass Straw w/ Connor Ratliff"

  • "St. Louis has a zoo that [the first time I went to it] they, like, there's a otter exhibit." – Griffin McElroy, CoolGames Inc. podcast, Episode 51: The Prestige Goose

  • "Bouncing heads that you have to let them jump over you" – Kat Bailey, Retronauts, Episode 96: Ghostbusters (there's no island here!)

"Thank you for entrusting me with this thing that I don't know [what it is]" – Invader Zim Issue #3, Jhonen Vasquez

"Thank you for entrusting me with this thing that I don't know [what it is]" – Invader Zim Issue #3, Jhonen Vasquez

Form-Based Word Processing

  • 'You can't just approach a gentleman such as myself outside of one the nicest brothels in Sleepy Hallow! With a candle for sale, come up with this pish posh, meandering, 'oh excuse me sir I have a candle I have a candle – '

    'Oh brothel? Soup sounds SO good right now...' – Adal Rifai and John Patrick Cohen, Hey Riddle Riddle podcast, Episode 225 "Welcome to the Riddle Dome Part 2"

Agreement attraction

"But I have a list of the 247 ingredients that makes them up!" – Jughead Issue #2, Chip Zdarsky & Erica Henderson (singular attraction!)

"But I have a list of the 247 ingredients that makes them up!" – Jughead Issue #2, Chip Zdarsky & Erica Henderson (singular attraction!)