Byline: JEFF BRUMLEY In the flat tire scene from the 1983 film A Christmas Story, kid...Brumley, Jeff
“partially”, “probably” and other fence-sitting modifiers. This is largely to do with the scientific instinct of not making blanket statements. But it is also a safety net. Sprinkling your paper with these words makes it harder for your critics to pin you down. Academics are, after all...
For Orwell, the corruption of language in public life threatened the intelligent discourse on which democracy depends. (…) We need to feel safe in the assumption that words mean what they are commonly understood to mean. Deliberate ambiguities, slides of meaning, obscure, incomprehensible or meani...
I'm paying $70 a month for this garbage and now have to pay my CPA to fix this??? There aren't enough curse words to express the outrage you guys are creating right now! 24 Reply Emmerson Level 1 November 19, 2019 06:30 AM This is absurd to man...
The use of swear words can provoke a visceral response and is usually considered a no-no in the classroom. But are we doing our students any favours by banning ‘bad’ language or should teachers’ approach to expletives be more nuanced? Henry Hepburn re
If Sodom is an example (Peter's own words) to us of the fate of the ungodly, then their becoming ashes must be the same fate reserved for the lost-cremation. Sodomites became ashes, Peter tells us the unsaved will also become ashes–not tormented forever as is erroneously taught....
Swearing in Chinese culture is always a colourful affair. Some vulgar, curse words in both Chinese language and Cantonese dialect get straight to the point, while others are more subtle and rather hilarious. When I was growing up, my parents threatened to slap my palm with a ruler if they ...
DUBNER: Deeply blasphemous. And that connotes that religion held more leverage than it may in the world today. The second period he writes about is about, as you said, the body. So, if you think about the words that are still considered curse words that have something to do with the...
Since then, as evidenced by the swearing politicians, the use of curse words has only grown. Not everyone sees this as a bad sign. Jeff Jarvis, an author and former TV critic for TV Guide, has filed information requests with the FCC when they fine broadcasters. When asked about dropping ...
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Galatians 3:10 (KJV) For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which...