Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
I get news headlines from the Sacramento Bee. Today they had this:
Breaking News: Monday morning commute going suprisingly wellWow, I thought. That's headline material?
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 1:12 AM, June 03, 2008
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 10:57 AM, June 03, 2008
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Yes, it's an amusing headline.
My experience with the nomenclature is that they don't say "the I-5", but "the 5" (and "the 101", and, redundantly, "the El Camino", but not "the 280", probably because that sounds awkward). But I don't think I've ever seen "the 5" or "the 101" in the newspaper. It's an oral thing.
I remember a movie on television (one of those SciFi channel things, I think it was a remake of War of the Worlds) which allegedly was set in Virginia. A woman, supposedly a rural resident, informed our hero that she and her family were going to walk west until they hit "the 40" ... No. I don't think so.
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