Monday, October 20, 2008

McCain Mangles English Again

I wrote about this before. John McCain mangles English almost as much as George Bush. On two occasions he's used the nonexistent word "epitat" instead of "epithet", and now a report from the Boston Globe has him saying "predicate" instead of "precedent".
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Anonymous said...

Sarah Palin has said 'nucular' several times, but what really got me was when she said 'pundint'.

8:27 AM, October 21, 2008
Maragon said...

Dear Mr. Shallit,

This is woefully off topic, so feel free not to post it. I would have emailed, but I didn't want to clog up your university address.

Allow me to start my stating that I am an admirer(and occasionally understander) of your work. I've read you on the Panda's Thumb and also about you in books and reports regarding the Dover Trial.

I stumbled across your blog (again) today when I was looking up a man named Hendrik van der Breggen, whom you wrote a response to in 'The Record', regarding his misguided views about the scientific validity of intelligent design. Until reading that letter of yours today I had completely forgot that you lived in the KW area - and my fiance and I just moved here in May.

Aside from wanting to compliment you, I was wondering if you knew of any local skeptic or atheist clubs or discussion groups. I was a part of one at the University of Ottawa, and have been sorely lacking in intelligent discussion(and surrounded by theists!) since moving to the KW area. If you had any recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it(If you choose not to publish my comment, my email is available in my blogger profile).

Regardless, thank you for representing rational Canadians on the national scene!

5:33 PM, October 27, 2008
Jeffrey Shallit said...

There are a couple of local groups: SOFREE is run by Kathy Meidell (used to be the Kitchener-Waterloo Humanists); see
http://www.sofree.ca/

And the Atheists, Agnostics, Freethinkers of Waterloo:
http://uwaaf.clubs.feds.ca/ .

P. Z. Myers is speaking Guelph this weekend; maybe I'll see you there?

7:24 PM, October 27, 2008

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