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Archive for the ‘Language: It's What's for Dinner!’ Category
What do you call…
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner!, Politics on July 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
paraprosdokians. (I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.)
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on July 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
(This is a bit of a cheating blog, since I’m borrowing most of it. But these are too fun not to share. From englishforums.com with an intro by Andrew Tobias) “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.” – Henry Ward Beecher [...]
The Family of Man/Woman
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A linguist in Auckland named Quentin Atkinsen has shown that language developed in Africa, just as the human gene pool did. Here’s a good account of his research: http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/651912.html. His paper is in the April issue of Science. Atkinsen was interviewed on NPR today, where he said he started with a hunch: apparently it’s sort [...]
Smarter Heads Prevail
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on April 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
According to TPM, the University of Wisconsin complied with the Republicans’ FOIA request for Bill Cronon’s e-mails. But not before the attorneys did a bit of pruning. They exempted correspondence with students, with members of professional organizations, with colleagues writing about their research, and messages concerning tenure decisions. I don’t know what would be left [...]
Good Writing on the Net
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on February 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Believe it or not, there are some fine writers on the internet. James Wolcott knows how to turn a phrase better than almost anyone. His piece on the current glut of rotund male comics should not be missed, even if you don’t care about its subjects. He writes of Zach Galifianakis “somnambulating through film after [...]
“Arm Yourself, Watson, There Is an Evil Hand Afoot Ahead”
Posted in Fiction, Language: It's What's for Dinner! on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The annual Bulwer-Lytton awards are out! (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2010.htm). Here are some of my favorites: For Historical fiction the winner is: In Southwestern Germany just east of the Luxemburg border and north of France where history pitted various related Hapsburg Royals against each other and the Archbishops of Trier, the Abbots of St. Maximin, various members of [...]
A Herd of Ilk
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: Getty Images
FOAD
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I used to belong to a writing group. We met nearly every Friday afternoon, or when a member of the group had new work to share, and much useful fun was had by all. Jan once made a suggestion about something I had written. She said: you have to take out this paragraph where you [...]
Quotable Quotes
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner!, Uncategorized on January 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I commented in a post awhile back about the use of pop entertainment catch phrases in everyday conversation, and how, unfortunately, that habit can’t be replicated by characters in movies and books these days due to copyright laws – unlike fictional characters of the past, who were depicted quoting Shakespeare or other classic literature to [...]
Another Great Football Name
Posted in Language: It's What's for Dinner! on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Playing for Ole Miss: Dexter McCluster.
