There are no words adequate to describethe immorality, evil and stupidity inherentin this liberalism, brought to you by the shrill, humorless harpies at Code Pink. ‘Puter thinks it’s cute that liberals regurgitate demonstrably false talking points. ‘Puter thinks it’s even … Continue reading →
Novel data presentation has always been something Dr. J. has been fond of. Similarly, regional dialect differences is also a subject of casual study for Dr. J. He largely has his 7th grade linguistics teacher to blame for this, but … Continue reading →
Long-time brainpowerfulness BG writes in: Your Czariness – Jonah Goldberg initially pointed me in the direction of Castle Gormogon. So it’s immensely satisfying to me when someone responds to a post of mine as below. rulierose @bg • 20 hours … Continue reading →
Dr. J. loves this interactive graph from the UK Guardian. The authors created a graph analyzing the reading level of the State of the Union report (or speech) since our nation’s founding using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test. The dots are … Continue reading →
Quoth the Czar: With any luck, Confucius* will write in with some of his copious collection of pet peeves in writing. Don’t get me started. But here’s one: One pet peeve is people who fail to realize that the Oxford … Continue reading →
One thing all of your hosts share here is a love of writing. Except, of course, Mandarin; he prefers shouting at the computer, especially when he reads Drudge. But he’s actually a skilled writer as well. Our site has the … Continue reading →
GorT wants to know why the term derecho is used to describe a particular type of storm. In fact, Spanish words are used as a lingua franca although they sound Greek to him. Here are some of the Spanish terms … Continue reading →
Well, one thing you’ve noticed is that between the bunch of us Gormogons, we speak over 1,000 languages. This is a good thing. Someone, maybe Napoleon, said a person who knows two languages is twice the person. Maybe—Napoleon said a … Continue reading →
When Dr. J. saw this post by Kevin D. Williamson, he immediately thought of the Castle Grammarian, Torturer and Executioner, The Czar. He was quite pleased that The Czar penned something on the subject before Dr. J. awoke this morning. … Continue reading →
Over at The Corner, Kevin D. Williamson discusses a nonsensical promotion to change the third-person singular indeterminate pronoun from he to they. In other words, rather than say the traditional “If the auditor needs more information, he should request it … Continue reading →
Actually other languages break into English’s house and leave their mark, and in the case of the Scandanavian Barbarians, twice…truth be told. Dr. J.
Continue reading →You will want to read the Great Dr. Boli’s guide to British v. American English. It is brief. And scores a couple of points. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The … Continue reading →
A hackneyed phrase is making a comeback in an ironic sense. Seems that as people get overwhelmed, frustrated, or aggravated, some begin to use the quote “I am become Death.” This apparently reveals how fatigued or angry they are. Astute … Continue reading →
Yes, yes he does. Welcome to the roll, Professor Mondo. And the Czar aperceyveth wel by certeyne evydences that our honeste webespace lakketh a goode quantitie of Myddel Englysshe. And sith by cause as the Czar stille speketh it, now … Continue reading →
The Washington Times has this article discussing a DEA memo regarding their potential need for Ebonics translators. Hey, here is fun idea, why don’t we actually teach children English in schools. Now I’m sure that we would have to get … Continue reading →
Right. Well, as you know, GorT sent a message to the world by deliberately causing the Kaguya probe to crash into the surface of the Moon as a demonstration of our power. JAXA, Japan’s version of NASA (except they seem … Continue reading →
Unions. Gotta love them. Down is up and up is down to these folks. In ChicagObama, Republic Windows and Doors shut down its factory after its lender Bank of America refused to make further disbursements on Republic’s operating line of … Continue reading →
