Here are all of the spaces I will be hosting this week. The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury - Chapters 18-19 Sonic Boom - The 8 Bit Show - Gaming Talk & Tunes Sonic Boom Sleep Radio #42 - Opera Sonic Boom Unplugged - Community Submissions The links to each are in the comments, hope to see you in each of them 👊😎

Today's "Grammar Rules & Syntax Facts". Hanging Topics - "An utterance-initial, syntactically independent noun phrase or constituent that introduces the main topic of a sentence without having a direct grammatical role inside that sentence" Key Characteristics - Independent Position: It sits at the very beginning of an utterance, separate from the core clause structure No Syntactic Role: It is not a subject, object, or prepositional complement inside the following clause. Instead, it sets an "aboutness" framework or acts as a file card for the information that follows Discourse Referent: It establishes what or whom the speaker is talking about, often cross-referenced by a pronoun or zero-anaphora later in the sentence Linguistic Example - "As for the car, it needs a new engine" Hanging topic: "As for the car" Core clause: "it needs a new engine"

Today's "What's The Difference?" Lase (LAYZ) - "To emit coherent light or act as a laser" vs Laze (LAYZ) - "To relax, rest, or spend time doing very little"

Today's "It's All Greek To Everyone... Actually". Hypokeimenon (hy-poh-KAY-meh-nahn) - "Underlying subject. What remains the same while qualities change; The “that which lies under” in Aristotle’s account of substance"

Coming to you by way of @RichSilver is an Honorary Modern English idiom that doesn't translate well 📜🎓 Preaching To The Choir - "Trying to persuade or argue a point to people who already agree with you, making the effort unnecessary or redundant"

Today's "Scary Words 😱". Musophobia (myoo-so-FOH-bee-uh) - "An extreme, irrational, and persistent fear of mice and rats that is out of proportion to any actual danger"

Today's "Many Meanings". Cris (KRISP) - "Potato Chip"

Coming to you by way of @DAVIDFE13995094 is an Honorary Word of the Day 📜🎓 Prognosticate (prahg-NAH-stuh-kayt) - "To predict, foretell, or indicate by present signs what will happen in the future"

Just wrapped up the latest episode of: Sonic Boom - The 8 Bit Show! 🎶🎵🎶🎮🕹️👾 The replay is up for anyone who'd like to give it a listen. This was a more relaxed episode, not a lot of interesting industry news this week, but great conversation with friends and community. Big thank you to everyone who tuned in, almost all of the folks who came up to chat with us (we had one indecorous troll harsh the vibe for a moment there, he didn't last long), all of the community members who submitted songs for the playlist tonight, and of course to my co-host @aplacefortweets for getting us through some technical difficulties. You all have a wonderful rest of your night, sleep well 𝕏 🥱😪😴💤 xitter.cf/i/spaces/1yxBePWVeYLJN…

Oh you know I'll make me some @BFPoet art. QT your Blindfolded Bohemian Witch.