The Providentia blog describes one of first great court clashes between a modern foodstuff manufacturer and modern food safety advocates. The case, known as the U.S. vs. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola case, featured (in its records) the phrase “…Mr. Elliott Cheatham for plaintiff in error.” Providentia says: It was quite a […]
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Dobbs’s How to Set the Bullshit Filter
David Dobbs wrote an essay (for Wired) called How to Set the Bullshit Filter When the Bullshit is Thick, about how to go about interpreting reported news about science. Dobbs does not say it, but the situation may be even worse when it comes to interpreting reported news of almost any other kind. (Thanks to […]
Impoliteness And Rudeness in Lancaster: A coming event
Geoffrey Leech invites you to a celebration of impoliteness and rudeness: Linguistic Impoliteness And Rudeness II (LIAR II) The 2009 International Conference of The Linguistic Politeness Research Group Lancaster University, United Kingdom 30 June – 2 July 2009 This three-day conference focuses is on language and communication that might be described as ‘impolite’, ‘rude’, ‘aggressive’, […]