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Seriously, When Did ‘Call In Sick’ Turn Into ‘Call Out Sick’?
About ten years ago the hardwording staff proposed a federal government Syn Tax, “a fine for misuse of the English language. At a quarter a pop, that could wipe out the deficit in no time.” Some six years later, we … Continue reading
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Tagged based off of, based on, call in sick, call out sick, Donald Trump, even so, even still, Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty, NPR, pre-verbal president, Syn-tax
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Sharpiegate Rumpus Misses the Real Scandal at NWS
Yes, Donald Trump is an idiot for mobilizing his entire sadministration – including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees the National Weather Service – to back up his chronic moronic claims that Hurricane Dorian would ravage Alabama, even … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, All Things Considered, Ari Shapiro, David Folkenflik, Donald Trump, Hurricane Dorian, Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik, Michael Lewis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, NPR, NWS, Rachel Martin, sadministration, Sharpiegate, The Fifth Risk, Yellowhammer State
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Uphill Lift’ Edition)
From our annual That’s Just Sad desk As the hardworking staff wends its way through this veil – sorry, vale – of tears, we’ve felt obliged to keep track of the mangled phrases employed by our differently worded brethren, who go … Continue reading
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Tamper Down’ Edition)
From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the hardclipping staff chronicles the mangled phrases uttered by the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. Here’s our latest batch, in reverse chronological order. • The other … Continue reading
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The Colin Kaepernick ‘Blacklist’ Is – Seriously – His Own Fault
So the hardlistening staff caught this piece on Weekend All Things Considered the other day. How Much Are Colin Kaepernick’s Political Views Impacting His Unsigned Status? We’re going to take a few minutes now to talk about sports. Now, even … Continue reading
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Hanker Down’ Edition)
From our neverending Language Police blotter As always, the hardworking staff is on the differently clichéd beat like Brown on Williamson. And the past several months have provided a myriad of mangled phrases. Call the roll: • Back in November, David Mark, co-author … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayatollah Khamenei, Bayou State, Bobby Jindal, Boston 2024, Boston Herald, David Mark, differently clichéd beat, Dog Whistles Walk-Backs & Washington Handshakes, Financial Times, Hurricane Katrina, Iran nuclear deal, Language Police, like Brown on Williamson, Monday Note, MSNBC, NBC News, Nikkei, NPR, Pi Day, Scott Walker
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The War Over ‘War of the Worlds’ – Myth or Math?
Conventional wisdom holds that Orson Welles’s 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds terrorized an entire nation. Representative sample from the following day: But that’s not really what happened, as Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow chronicled in … Continue reading
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Tagged A. Brad Schwartz, American Experience, Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles' War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News, C.E. Hooper, Fr. Coughlin, Huey Long, Jefferson Pooley, Jon Stewart, MacMillan, Michael J. Socolow, NPR, Orson Welles, PBS, Radiolab, Slate, Stephen Colbert, The Takeaway, War of the Worlds
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . well, that’s just sad. The hardnoting staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • From Boston Magazine last July, about the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race: “[Martha Coakley’s] apparent reversal … Continue reading
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Tagged @MickeyBPowerPop, Allen Craig, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Brian Krause, CNN, Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Nava, David Desharnais, Doug Band, First Read, International Cherry-Pit Spitting Contest, Iowa, Jeremy Roenick, John Kerry, Johnny Carson, mangled phrases, Martha Coakley, Mexican immigrants, Montreal Canadiens, MSNBC, New Republic, NPR, Quebec, Red Sox, Rep. Steve King, SCOTUS, Secretary of State, St. Louis Cardinals, Stanley Cup, stare decisis, Wall Street Journal, Will Middlebrooks
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