So, like, kids don’t speak real English anymore?
Bookworm on Jan 23 2012 | Filed under: Children
I’m surrounded by tweens and teens, so I can attest to this poem’s accuracy: Hat tip: The New Editor
Tag Archive 'Language'
Is it hate?
Bookworm on Feb 16 2011 | Filed under: Gay marriage
The Indiana legislature is working on a bill to ban gay marriage. On my “real me” facebook, several of my friends characterized this as an act motivated by hate: “Stop the hate!” “Boy, they really hate us.” “Could they be more hateful?” I found this formulation interesting, perhaps because semantics has been such a big [...]
Maybe liberals need a linguist’s help to hide what they’re saying, not to promote it
Bookworm on Mar 03 2010 | Filed under: Law
I found the following paragraph, culled from the San Francisco Chronicle, fascinating (emphasis mine): From top congressional leaders to online activists, liberals have sought the wisdom of UC Berkeley linguistics Professor George Lakoff for years. They ask him to teach them to do something that conservatives traditionally have done better — frame complex policy into [...]
About the “R” word
Bookworm on Feb 05 2010 | Filed under: Leftist morality
Much is being made lately of the fact that Rahm Emanuel is being exposed as somewhat who berates people in meetings by calling them “retards.” I don’t expect any better of Rahm Emanuel who is, by all accounts, an extraordinary boor and bully. He’s also yet another example of the fact that the Left, by [...]
You say African-American; I say colored; we should all say PWCGRTAs.
Bookworm on Jan 12 2010 | Filed under: African-Americans
I can think of a billion reasons to dislike Harry Reid. The fact that he called Obama a “negro” is not one of them. It simply shows his age. (Although I do agree with Lloyd Marcus that it’s fine to be offended by Reid’s assumptions about white Americans.) The problem, of course, is what we’re [...]
About that word “insurgents” *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Nov 10 2009 | Filed under: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Media matters
I saw a headline at Drudge, to the effect that there is a photo of Afghan “insurgents” with U.S. ammo. The story, although I’m sure it’s interesting, interested me less than that word “insurgent.” We’ve all talked about the fact that “insurgent” a word that allows a politically correct, liberal media to avoid such words [...]
Mark Steyn on the Democrats’ claim that all Obama criticism is racist
Bookworm on Sep 25 2009 | Filed under: Race
After talking about a guest on NPR who explained that “personal responsibility” is racist code for hostility to blacks (because they can’t be responsible?), Mark Steyn states the obvious about the whole “criticizing Obama is racist” theme: “Code language” is code language for “total bollocks.” “Code word” is a code word for “I’m inventing what [...]
Two great words *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Mar 20 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I came across two great words in my reading today and wanted to share them with you: The first word is irenic, which is an adjective meaning “tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.” I read this word in Emmett Tyrrell’s article about the irreconcilability between Palestinians and peace. The second word is [...]
Quick picks
Bookworm on Mar 04 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I’ve got a project, and pretty much exhausted myself writing this morning’s post (too much thinking, dammit!), so I’ll just give you links to some stories that caught my eye today. 1. John Hawkin’s writes about five top conservative female bloggers and discusses how they face different challenges from their male peers (not that they’re [...]
