07 November 2006

tuesday-things that displease me

people who use "literally" to mean "figuratively." especially in certain books about andrew jackson.

now i am not predisposed to like this particular president (i'm not over the whole trail of tears thing), but bad grammar makes it worse.

also, he misrepresented vermont's entry into these united states. . . and called us "pesky vermonters." even if his premise was accurate (which it's not!), it's a little too twee for academic scholarship, don't you think?

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