Another common tragedy
I made a note of John Tierney’s column in this morning’s Times, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why I thought this piece of drivel was worth blogging. It’s called The Road to Hell Is Clogged…
Category: news item
This article is definitely, um, er, yes
Given only a small amount of time at the computer these days, YHB has spent way way too much of it enjoying the discussion of thee and thuh over at the Language Log. Since the conversation has become wide-ranging, David…
posted anonymously, because I’m a dog
OK, for those who have been following the hoo-hah about anonymity and its motives, a quote from this morning’s New York Times, in Skirmish Over a Query About Roberts’s Faith, by David D. Kirkpatrick: “The discussion was described by two…
Independence, Justice, Modesty
As Gentle Readers may have sensed, Your Humble Blogger is not paying quite as close attention to matters national and international as I might were I not packing up house. I haven’t much to say about Our Only President’s choice…
linkity, linkity, link link, laroo
As Your Humble Blogger has a moment, but not much more: Arnold Zwicky at Language Log notes today’s annoying bureaucratic noun-noun compound: Newsrack Ordinance Compliance Violation Warning and Impoundment Notice: Corrective Action Required. This is pretty impressive. Although really there…
I heard it let you down
In a desperate attempt to refrain from making the obvious post about Snapple’s little popsicle problem, Your Humble Blogger presents this partial lyric from the Boomtown Rats: Snap me in your breach, I want to be your bullet I want…
Meta, but not in that interesting and amusing way
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One of the reasons I’m blogging so slowly lately is that the really complicated stuff I have found interesting over the last few days remains in a muddle, and I have little idea how to write about it at all,…
Fish, barrel, content
Stanley Fish’s a column in this morning’s New York Times is Devoid of Content. No, that’s the headline. Now, it’s like shooting, um, well, look, I’m trying really hard not to be too snarky, OK? Prof. Fish doesn’t make it…
which that which
I know that not every Gentle Reader gets all het up about grammar. Well, as with Jon Carroll’s cats, you have been warned. Arnold Zwicky, over at language log, has been on a kick, lately, about the which/that rule. It…
what’s the point?
In this morning’s New York Times, there’s a not-yet-pay-per-view guest column by Matt Miller called Honor Thy Teacher, which suggests spending rougly $30 billion nationally on increasing the salaries of teachers in impoverished elementary school districts, in exchange for two…