When historians, linguists, and the generally curious want to know how people spoke in the twenty-first century, it will be useful to know about OMG and LOL, and how the phrases reflected usage that ranged from serious, to semi-serious, to full-on ironic.
"Practice being curious, want to know things, ask questions," he said.
So, she has all those bases covered and is always curious, wants to find out and research everything.
However, the England captain, Stanley Jackson, showed, in the words of Wisden, "a curious want of faith in Rhodes", even though he was bowling well.
A related genre he pioneered, the imaginary monologue of the man of power that aimed to reveal the motives of the powerful, betrayed Safire's curious want of invention.
"I was curious and wanted to know more.
They were nervous and curious; they wanted to compare themselves with French musicians, and to learn.
I did ask people beforehand - because I was curious, I wanted to know, in a slightly mercenary way.
Curious, he wanted to know more.
A heart attack?" Curious minds wanted to know.
