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About very: I just say ‘ very nice’ in a borat way. It does the trick. My dutch friends used to say ‘ nice’ untill they found it americans like to hear ‘ great’ or the childlike ‘ awesome’. Does american culture enable the constant growth of euphemisms? Maybe it’s part of the american dream.

Enough of the bashing. I love it here :)

]]> By: Jason http://constrained.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/america-and-our-speaking-and-writing/#comment-38 Jason Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:33:51 +0000 http://constrained.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/america-and-our-speaking-and-writing/#comment-38 My own attempt: English speaking countries, especially American's, don't speak or write as well as we should. Dr. McCloskey has it right in her book Economical Writing with the following suggestions and more: My own attempt:

English speaking countries, especially American’s, don’t speak or write as well as we should. Dr. McCloskey has it right in her book Economical Writing with the following suggestions and more:

]]> By: Stewart http://constrained.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/america-and-our-speaking-and-writing/#comment-37 Stewart Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:57:11 +0000 http://constrained.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/america-and-our-speaking-and-writing/#comment-37 Obey McCloskey as follows: Obey McCloskey as follows:

]]> By: Eli http://constrained.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/america-and-our-speaking-and-writing/#comment-32 Eli Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:45:41 +0000 http://constrained.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/america-and-our-speaking-and-writing/#comment-32 A challenge to our readers---rewrite the first paragraph of Jason's post economically! Here's my attempt: Learning to write well is a challenge. I am grateful to Diedre McCloskey for her book <em>Economical Writing</em>, in which she urges readers to use the following words sparingly: A challenge to our readers—rewrite the first paragraph of Jason’s post economically! Here’s my attempt:

Learning to write well is a challenge. I am grateful to Diedre McCloskey for her book Economical Writing, in which she urges readers to use the following words sparingly:

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