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Readling levels and wordplay

Submitted by Branden on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 10:09am. I guess I can't help myself, Linda. When a phrase like "putative putsch" pops into my mind, I get too tickled with my own cleverness to let it go. The words-per-sentence statistic was no doubt jinked by that long-ass list of topics to be avoided in polite conversation, though. So a more sophisticated tool probably wouldn't have scored me as highly. Anyway, I'm not campaigning for Professor Munger. As we can see, I have a tin ear for messaging to the general public. (I've come to think I have only two modes of rhetoric: earnest academese, and filthy jokes.) I can't really give free rein to the latter here, or someone will have to post a video on the subject of "What You Said Was Sexist"... recently transplanted from Indianapolis, IN to Durham, NC I wouldn't recommend drugs,... [read full story]                    

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