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Staggering incomprehensibility
This is truly frightening. It seems she assumes her listener shares her own inability to grasp a complete thought. Perhaps she thinks us so stupid and hungry that she need only scatter crumbled fragments on the pool of dialogue and she'll be able to rip this election right from the waters before we recognize her chum for the fisherman's lure it ...
Posted to The Good Word by SplendidMarbles on October 15, 2008
Advertising, Milton Erickson and the art of persuasion
The author seems to think that in order to communicate one should be litteral and accurate. This ignores probably 95% of human communication. Advertisers know that in order to convince people you have to use language in odd ways: for instance, pairing up a car brand with words for sexual prowess. It may not make sense but it influences people at ...
Posted to The Good Word by pbraham on October 3, 2008
Diagraming Sarah
For seven years, I've laughed, then cried, as a result of the oral emptiness coming from our leaders in Washington. This useful article shares a tool that deciphers the intended meaning of their speech. A diagramist could type the literate essense of 'leader-talk' in rolling text if we (they) continue to elect stupid people. Politicians rising ...
Posted to The Good Word by FreedomRich on October 2, 2008