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		<title>Lexicology of Stupid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#39;m no English major, but this type of stuff interests me. Over the last couple years I have heard a lot of comments about the dumbing down of the English language. Many have blamed political spin masters, especially the Bush &#8230; <a href="http://steveclancy.com/2006/05/11/lexicology-of-stupid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m no English major, but this type of stuff interests me. Over the last couple years I have heard a lot of comments about the dumbing down of the English language. Many have blamed political spin masters, especially the Bush administration, for reducing important issues into catchphrases. <a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002461887" title="You Be the Judge">Stephen Colbert</a> and <a href="http://www.neilyoung.com/lww/lww.html" title="Living With War">Neil Young</a> have done a good job mocking this recently. They&#39;re not the only ones who sum things into simple language. Jason Kottke recently blogged about <a href="http://www.kottke.org/06/05/vows" title="If it&#39;s the last thing I ever do (kottke.org)">derivative news headlines</a>. A quick sampling of Google News showed 11 &quot;vows&quot;, 7 &quot;urges&quot;, 6 &quot;slams&quot;, 8 &quot;smacks&quot;, and 7 &quot;blasts&quot;. So apparently even the &quot;liberal media&quot; bows to the stupid.</p>
<p>On the other hand there is at least one organization that values language, although its pretty unnecessary. Jim Emerson examined <a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2006/05/the_promotional_poetry_of_the.html" title="The promotional poetry of the MPAA">the &quot;poetry&quot; of the MPAA&#39;s movie ratings</a> in <a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2006/05/mpaa_promotional_poetry_anthol.html" title="MPAA Promotional Poetry Anthology, Vol. II">two posts</a> this week. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317919/" title="Impossible III"><i>Mission: Impossible III</i></a> was rated PG-13 for &quot;intense sequences of frenetic violence &amp; menace, disturbing images &amp; some sensuality.&quot; It&#39;s tough to pick favorites but I like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/" title="Schindler&#39;s List"><i>Schindler&#39;s List</i></a>, rated R for &quot;language, some sexuality and actuality violence.&quot; The funny part about this is that extra description probably only confuses the parents who are trying to make decisions about what their children watch.</p>
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