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Bad Writing's Back (Long article on bad academic writing)
John Hopkins University Press ^ | 2004 | Mark Bauerlein

Posted on 11/29/2004 6:03:19 AM PST by jalisco555

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To: Our man in washington
My best guess is that it means "I am SO stoned, dude!"

I think you nailed it.

61 posted on 11/30/2004 3:10:31 AM PST by jalisco555 ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." W. B. Yeats)
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To: FreedomCalls

The really strange thing is that it isn't physically possible to read that paragraph. The eye can't help but wander and mind can't stay focused. How could the author actually write that?


62 posted on 11/30/2004 3:12:52 AM PST by jalisco555 ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." W. B. Yeats)
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To: jalisco555
The really strange thing is that it isn't physically possible to read that paragraph. The eye can't help but wander and mind can't stay focused.

Thanks! I thought it was just me.

63 posted on 11/30/2004 3:37:40 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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