The fact that she's staying at a very small property in the boonies probably makes it even more problematic to name her location than if she were at a big city hotel. I think we can all agree to dunk on Ruby's many oddities without helping her be a danger to herself. And if I'm not mistaken, Tattle Life (not this thread, but the site in general) has actually had some legal trouble over doxxing and stalking, so that's even more incentive not to engage in this behavior.
Ruby Granger #33 Goes on a boat, dresses like Captain Birdseye
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Exactly.
End of the day, what is even achieved by naming the place she’s staying in? The original post was proper creepy imo and does nothing but potentially put her in danger.
If Ruby doesn't know what a sparrow is, it sounds likely that she actually didn't know what brine was during her Oxford interview. The word 'brine' came up in a poem she had to analyse in her interview, and she asked the interviewers what it meant. Post-interview, in her vlogs, she claimed that of course she knew what brine was, but just blanked during the interview.
Three weeks feels like such a long time for Ruby to be on her own. Still impressed she's managing it, but I'll never understand why she decided on that length of time considering she finds being away from home so difficult. I don't have the same issues as Ruby (being away from family etc) but even I'd get lonely after 3 weeks in an unfamiliar place with no socialising. Watching these videos is making me feel lonely on her behalf. 
Vegan Roobee has never heard of tuna in brine.
She can't even get the name right of the cemetery she is visiting on Instagram. She was at Old Hill Burial Ground, not Sleepy Hollow. Look at a freaking map, Ruby, and get your facts right. She is such an idiot. At least she got Great Meadows right, but a rather isolated and boring place to walk around this time of year. Maybe she is planning to take up birdwatching, since this is where the pros hang out for photos in spring/summer.
I think posting the name of anything is wrong (especially if it's someone like Ruby bc she does have creeps in her comment section) but I also just wish Ruby was more careful so things wouldn't happen like this. I do live in the area so it's pretty obv to me what stores she was at etc in Boston but I also feel like we should just not post names even if we do know where it is
Like when she posted her Boston B&B on Tiktok I feel like she only name dropped it because she was expecting to get a room paid for, but since she didnt name this place don't think it's right for us to disclose it without her explicitly doing so. Again it's in a small town, plus it is not a hotel so it can be more insular / even more scary if random people / fans came in.
Like when she posted her Boston B&B on Tiktok I feel like she only name dropped it because she was expecting to get a room paid for, but since she didnt name this place don't think it's right for us to disclose it without her explicitly doing so. Again it's in a small town, plus it is not a hotel so it can be more insular / even more scary if random people / fans came in.
These comments under the tiktok where she used the word "extortionate" 
I bet she’s not going to buy a jar of pickles anytime soon either
new word learnt: brine. 
thanks to you guys I always learn new English words although I'm mostly read books in English.
thanks to you guys I always learn new English words although I'm mostly read books in English.God I will never get over the fact that Ruby thought asking the Oxford interviewers what brine is would be a good move xD Like anyone with an ounce of common sense would've been like "okay I don't know what to make of that word/line, better start out with some observations about other parts of the poem to distact from that" Like that is a valid strategy in exam/interview situations.
But poor old Ruby chose to just straight-up ask them about brine, like teacher's pet seven year old asking her teacher about an unfamiliar word xD
Also it's usually not hard to surmise the general meaning of a word from its context when in emergency situations where you can't look it up. She probably would have been fine had she just glossed over this word that she didn't know and focused on the rest of the text, or tried to guess the meaning from the context without drawing attention to it.
I did some training as a simultaneous interpreter and one of the golden rules of interpreting is that you can't get stuck. If you don't know the meaning of a word or you didn't quite catch it, you cannot stop and obsess over it, because the speaker will not wait for you to catch up to them, and if you get stuck on a single word you're gonna lose your place and make a bigger mess than if you had just ignored it as much as possible or tried to guess its meaning.
So that's basically what happened here lol Ruby got hung up on this single word she didn't know instead of looking at the bigger picture and realizing that maybe she didn't actually need to know the precise meaning of this word at all
What you're both saying makes sense, but I doubt it was a big deal to the Oxford interviewer. This might sound odd, but they encourage interviewees to ask about unfamiliar terms. There are a couple of reasons for this: the student might misinterpret the text and get the wrong idea altogether, or they might waffle their way through a vague answer rather than owning up to their lack of knowledge. The tutors say they're looking for students who can listen to feedback and respond to constructive criticism. As long as you're demonstrating your thinking skills it doesn't matter if there's a small gap in your knowledge. I think brine had little to do with Ruby's Oxford rejection, though it's probably her LEAST FYAVORUT word in the English language. I think the interview process went badly because...well...we've all read her Goodreads reviews. Imagine the interviewer asking Ruby to discuss her thoughts on specific works of literature and getting replies like -
I think the interview process went badly because...well...we've all read her Goodreads reviews. Imagine the interviewer asking Ruby to discuss her thoughts on specific works of literature and getting replies like -
Ironically, "more rhetoric than truth" describes Ruby's writings so well. She always uses (or rather misuses) a lot of words to say nothing at allWhat you're both saying makes sense, but I doubt it was a big deal to the Oxford interviewer. This might sound odd, but they encourage interviewees to ask about unfamiliar terms. There are a couple of reasons for this: the student might misinterpret the text and get the wrong idea altogether, or they might waffle their way through a vague answer rather than owning up to their lack of knowledge. The tutors say they're looking for students who can listen to feedback and respond to constructive criticism. As long as you're demonstrating your thinking skills it doesn't matter if there's a small gap in your knowledge. I think brine had little to do with Ruby's Oxford rejection, though it's probably her LEAST FYAVORUT word in the English language.
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Ruby Granger #34 Betwixt! More rhetoric than truth, says the sparrow.
(I tried to put as many things in there as I could)
(I tried to put as many things in there as I could)
Yes, exactly! And I'm sure the interviewers will have picked up on that. ''More waffle than wisdom''
''Lord Henry is a paradigmatic sophist and his epigrams are delightful'' will never stop being an unintentionally brilliant sentence. Other highlights include quiscent, intercept, carnal and abstract, precepts, and The Comparisons.
Ruby talking to the Oxford tutor like
It wasn't as good as I remember it being. That's not to say it wasn't good, but I remember it being better. It was still better than pre-autumn because pre-autumn is worse than proper autumn and proper autumn is my favourite month after spring. It's not that I don't like spring, but spring isn't as satisfying as autumn because it doesn't give you an atominal feeling, so this is why I think Call Me By Your Name was slightly better (but not a lot better) when I read it the first time. If I read it in winter it might contain less wisdom because November doesn't contain much wisdom, although December does because it's when Jesus was born. Perhaps if Jesus had been born in November he also would have contained less wisdom. The Bible is my favourite religious text because it's the only one I've read, but I think it's better to read it in the right season. The Bible is more impressive than Call Me By Your Name because it is old but still contains wisdom. It is far away but also nearby and eternal and new and old and better, except the parts that are worse, and I always skip those and read Little Women instead.
Oh by the way, what is BRINE? Is Brine a character in the Bible?
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Lol!
Ruby Granger #34 Betwixt and Blend! Will The Raven ever end?
Ruby Granger 34: “I don’t know what sparrows are.”
Yes, Monty Python made a film about him - The Life of Brine.
The way she misuses words with such total confidence is truly extraordinary. I wonder what happens in her brain when she substitutes "intercept" for "intersect" or "extortionate" for...I'm not even sure what (disproportionate, maybe?). And then if she looks at "intersect" and "intercept" in print, does she even see that they're two different words? It's like she has some kind of highly specialized dyslexia or aphasia. Despite her bookworm persona, I imagine that reading must often be challenging or confusing for her. Maybe she tends to prefer books for children and young adults because they use simpler language. I can't believe that she could get through some of the books she claims to read--The Secret History for example. I think she must have abandoned that after the first ten pages, and that's why we've only ever seen her waving it around or flipping through it.
I assumed she was reaching for "inordinate", but who knows with Ruby.
The funny thing is, there's a hard cut before she says "extortionate". I'd love to know what she cut out. Did she try out several other wrong words first? Was it 10 minutes of mind-mapping her vocabulary of all the words she knows but doesn't understand in "CRY-ola" crayon before opting for that?
Yeah it is truly astonishing how many words she misuses and misspells and doesn't know. For someone who aspires to make a career out of the English language she is terrible at it and blissfully unaware of this fact. She's like that annoying little kid who likes to feel smart by using words they read in books whose meaning they are not sure of. I remember that one time in elementary school in a creative writing assignment I accidentally described a person as "reddish brown" when I thought I was using a word that meant "secret and mysterious" lmaoo
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