Monthly Archives: September 2015

  1. Doryphoric Pedantry, Reading Brains, and Sans Serif

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    September 30, 2015 by libroshombre

    My inner doryphore emerges whenever someone claims that emergence of computers means that “this is the end of print books.” …
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    Category: reading, signage, typography | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  2. Unfortunate Headlines, Strange Swords, and Blue-Backed Spellers

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    September 26, 2015 by libroshombre

    A friend recently gave me a delightful collection of “flubs from the nation’s press” titled “Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim.” …
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    Category: American English, language, punctuation, spelling | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  3. Poor Judgment, Nasty Metaphors, and Intolerance

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    September 20, 2015 by libroshombre

    Let’s consider “visa” and “vis-a-vis.” According to the Inline Etymology Dictionary, the word “visa” comes from the Latin “charta visa,” …
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    Category: intolerance, language, metaphor | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  4. Sparky Sweets, Hungry Women, and Duck Fat

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    September 10, 2015 by libroshombre

    A pal of mine recently passed along an article about Thug Notes, a YouTube series in which classic literature is …
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  5. Justice, Grammar, and Yahoos

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    September 4, 2015 by libroshombre

    When grammar rules arise, I reflect upon Federal Judge William Wayne Justice, a forward-thinking, progressive jurist who from the early …
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