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Tablesaw Tablesawsen ([personal profile] tablesaw) wrote2004-05-30 05:04 am

Just Some Stuff.

And now it's time for everyone's favorite game: Internet Headline or Random Nouns?
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(pointed out by [livejournal.com profile] jrw)

Also, I am claiming creation of the words "philosotheory" and "commassacre". A commassacre is a flood or drought of punctuation that completely kills the meaning of a printed text. I don't know what the other one means, but it's mine. MINE!

Possible definition of "philosotheory"

[identity profile] foggyb.livejournal.com 2004-05-30 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
An educated hypothesis regarding the method and manner of constructing educated hypotheses.

[identity profile] emshort.livejournal.com 2004-05-30 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

Didn't headlines originally become short and punchy in order to fit in big letters on a newspaper? And if we're not reading them on newspapers any more, wouldn't it be a good idea to go back to slightly longer sentences that make sense?

Internet-caused cultural change fascinates me, but this is one area where the obvious doesn't seem to have happened yet...