December 2010
13 posts
The Dictionary Of Received Ideas →
tristn:
tomewing:
One of my favourite books. If I were ever forced away from the internet I would certainly pack the Dictionary to remind me of it.
Flaubert wrote a dictionary of cliches? I love it, especially the “always” rules:
ACHILLES Add ‘fleet-footed’: people will think you’ve read Homer.
BATTLE Always ‘bloody’. There are always two sets of victors: those who won and those who lost.
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Words of the year from NYT
It’s that time of year again! Time for the words of the year. They aren’t that exciting this year. My favorite is maybe mansplainer:
mansplainer: A man compelled to explain or give an opinion about everything — especially to a woman. He speaks, often condescendingly, even if he doesn’t know what he’s talking about or even if it’s none of his business. Old term: a boor.
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Another word-of-the-day downer from the free...
Damn. That “Usage” is crushing.
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Weekend Competition: Nifty Ways to Leave Your... →
Schott’s vocab invites us to think of the 45 other ways to leave your lover.
We should do ones for chicks!
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daniel extra: How religious "tolerance" is... →
Interesting.
danielextra:
In a recent post on HuffPo, Rajiv Malhotra, founder of Infinity Foundation, writes how the notion of religious ‘tolerance’ has clearly not changed much as it has been practiced in Europe for centuries while wars brewed between Christian denominations each claiming to own the pathway…
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Anthropology Group Addresses Furor Over Deleting... →
It continues…
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Anthropology Group Drops ‘Science’ References,... →
You know I studied anthropology so this is definitely of interest to me. But I kind of don’t care. I see how it’s a big deal but, I don’t know. You know what the real problem is? Anthropology is all over the place! You got linguistics, archeology (only god knows why), ethnography, biology, and sociology. That’s too many things! Like the article says, people studying...
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