Steven DeWitt
@stevendewitt.ca
Translator by day, baritone chorister/soloist by night. Enjoy walking, following international affairs, waiting on cats paw & foot. Dartmouth NS 🇨🇦. EN/FR/ES, more.
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Sentences beginning “Guess what” are not questions, and thus don’t end with question marks.
Ditto sentences beginning “I wonder.”
#copyediting
Ditto sentences beginning “I wonder.”
#copyediting
September 9, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Sentences beginning “Guess what” are not questions, and thus don’t end with question marks.
Ditto sentences beginning “I wonder.”
#copyediting
Ditto sentences beginning “I wonder.”
#copyediting
There was never a better time to start shifting away from #Google. I know #degoogling totally is not easy but we can all take simple first steps, like signing up for another free email service and forwarding your Gmail address to it. #LakeOntario
August 31, 2026 at 1:28 AM
There was never a better time to start shifting away from #Google. I know #degoogling totally is not easy but we can all take simple first steps, like signing up for another free email service and forwarding your Gmail address to it. #LakeOntario
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Ships traveling between the upper Great Lakes and the Atlantic must pass through Canada’s Welland Canal. The 27-mile canal and all eight of its locks are entirely in Ontario, meaning a strategically important portion of U.S. Great Lakes maritime trade depends on Canadian-controlled infrastructure.
August 29, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Ships traveling between the upper Great Lakes and the Atlantic must pass through Canada’s Welland Canal. The 27-mile canal and all eight of its locks are entirely in Ontario, meaning a strategically important portion of U.S. Great Lakes maritime trade depends on Canadian-controlled infrastructure.
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"you see, Canada is clearly overreacting and should simply make the deal that's available, like other countries have"
The United States has threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 29, 2026 at 12:02 AM
"you see, Canada is clearly overreacting and should simply make the deal that's available, like other countries have"
His average supporter has no need or want for a passport so 6 months from now he'll be tossing these into crowds like paper towels
July 31, 2026 at 1:22 AM
His average supporter has no need or want for a passport so 6 months from now he'll be tossing these into crowds like paper towels
They are destroying civilization while we watch
July 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
They are destroying civilization while we watch
El País: "El mapa del Holocausto en Viena - Un historiador crea un centro de datos para localizar en el plano de la capital austriaca las últimas viviendas de miles de víctimas del nazismo, y reconstruir sus vidas" - memento.wien - Haz clic en la lupa para explorar. Da mucho que pensar.
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July 25, 2026 at 12:09 PM
El País: "El mapa del Holocausto en Viena - Un historiador crea un centro de datos para localizar en el plano de la capital austriaca las últimas viviendas de miles de víctimas del nazismo, y reconstruir sus vidas" - memento.wien - Haz clic en la lupa para explorar. Da mucho que pensar.
They should reduce a politician's pension every time they preface a statement with "Let me be clear:". A phrase overused to the point it has become meaningless.
July 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
They should reduce a politician's pension every time they preface a statement with "Let me be clear:". A phrase overused to the point it has become meaningless.
Oh how I hate this too. It happens all the time with the Cyrillic alphabet as well. The result is nonsensical.
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language.
Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
July 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Oh how I hate this too. It happens all the time with the Cyrillic alphabet as well. The result is nonsensical.
As a translator and proofreader I can testify to this. As a text reaches book length, the chances of properly spelled but misused words slipping through, like "pubic" instead of "public," increase greatly.
Dear reader, no book, published any century, does not have at least one typo.
I've genuinely not read a book published this century that didn't have at least one typo.
July 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
As a translator and proofreader I can testify to this. As a text reaches book length, the chances of properly spelled but misused words slipping through, like "pubic" instead of "public," increase greatly.
Turning Mitch McConnell into a meme in order to get attention is distasteful. I don't like his politics but he's still a human being with a family.
July 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Turning Mitch McConnell into a meme in order to get attention is distasteful. I don't like his politics but he's still a human being with a family.
New books! New books!
Sci-fi fans can enjoy a new Red Dwarf novel – the first for 30 years – this month, as well as sci-fi horror from Paul Tremblay and a journey to Planet Happy with Riley August
The best new science-fiction novels published in July 2026
Sci-fi fans can enjoy a new Red Dwarf novel – the first for 30 years – this month, as well as sci-fi horror from Paul Tremblay and a journey to Planet Happy with Riley August
www.newscientist.com
July 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
New books! New books!
OK so #Canada got knocked out of the men's #WorldCup, but we're going to be in #Eurovision next year!
July 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
OK so #Canada got knocked out of the men's #WorldCup, but we're going to be in #Eurovision next year!
My morning news habits are changing now that BBC News has erected a paywall. In addition to Le Monde and CBC News, now I check Al Jazeera.
June 30, 2026 at 1:35 AM
My morning news habits are changing now that BBC News has erected a paywall. In addition to Le Monde and CBC News, now I check Al Jazeera.
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Lake Bogoria in Kenya‘s great rift Valley is a spectacular place to view flocks of up to 1.8 and 2 million lesser and greater flamingoes. The lakes high alkaline waters, foster massive blooms of blue green algae called spirulina which serves as a primary food source for these birds
June 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Lake Bogoria in Kenya‘s great rift Valley is a spectacular place to view flocks of up to 1.8 and 2 million lesser and greater flamingoes. The lakes high alkaline waters, foster massive blooms of blue green algae called spirulina which serves as a primary food source for these birds
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Whenever I go out in public with my cane or walking poles, people invariably hold doors for me, make space for me, and regularly even make encouraging comments like "keep it up" or "looking good." The only place where people try to duck in front of/get around me is Costco (but that place is a zoo).
May 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Whenever I go out in public with my cane or walking poles, people invariably hold doors for me, make space for me, and regularly even make encouraging comments like "keep it up" or "looking good." The only place where people try to duck in front of/get around me is Costco (but that place is a zoo).
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GIVEAWAY!
Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live!
To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!
Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live!
To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!
May 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
GIVEAWAY!
Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live!
To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!
Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live!
To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!
J'ai fait le grand saut et je me suis abonné à @lemonde.fr.
May 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
J'ai fait le grand saut et je me suis abonné à @lemonde.fr.
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It’s officially spring in Dartmouth
April 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It’s officially spring in Dartmouth
Je suis quelqu'un qui regarde rarement la télé mais je regarde #AstridEtRaphaëlle en rafale. Époustouflé par la qualité du jeu d'acteur, et la dynamique entre les personnages principaux est touchante. Très content d'être tombé sur cette série.
April 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Je suis quelqu'un qui regarde rarement la télé mais je regarde #AstridEtRaphaëlle en rafale. Époustouflé par la qualité du jeu d'acteur, et la dynamique entre les personnages principaux est touchante. Très content d'être tombé sur cette série.
J'ai passé ces derniers jours à découvrir plusieurs artistes francophones. Mon coup de coeur sera Coeur de Pirate mais j'ai aussi hâte d'écouter le nouvel album des Louanges qui sortirait dans quelques semaines. D'autres suggestions sont les bienvenues! #musique #québec #france #synthpop
February 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just read the last page of Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong. What a gripping crime story full also of fascinating insights into life and the structure of society in 1990s China. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the Inspector Chen series. #booksky
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I just read the last page of Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong. What a gripping crime story full also of fascinating insights into life and the structure of society in 1990s China. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the Inspector Chen series. #booksky
"It is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this perilous situation end quickly.”
This sentence gives him away if nothing else does. He would never be able to describe the subjunctive mode, let alone use it in a sentence. #grammar
This sentence gives him away if nothing else does. He would never be able to describe the subjunctive mode, let alone use it in a sentence. #grammar
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"It is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this perilous situation end quickly.”
This sentence gives him away if nothing else does. He would never be able to describe the subjunctive mode, let alone use it in a sentence. #grammar
This sentence gives him away if nothing else does. He would never be able to describe the subjunctive mode, let alone use it in a sentence. #grammar