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Yo

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

There’s some talk that’s swirling around in popular linguistics about the question of whether ‘yo’ is emerging as the new gender-neutral pronoun. See the issue at Language Log here: Yo.
As I’ve noted before (hey, read the “Recently Viewed” links to the right), I think we already have a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun in American [...]

Life under administration

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I was reminded recently that the expression “adminisphere” has actually entered my lexicon, and recalled that it was part of a useful triad of terms apparently in current military use that have excellent civilian application:

Salmon Day: You spend all day swimming upstream just to get fucked and die.
Adminisphere: The “powers that be” above your immediate [...]

Derrida vs. Wittgenstein

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

From Saint Gasoline, again.