Musings on the byways of popular culture
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We’ve almost certainly done this before, but since the passing of Aretha, where the list starts, surely, what songs do we all know that spell out something, letter by letter, in the lyrics? We all know the obvious, 70s D I S C O and D I V O R C E, but where are the more obscure ones? Any big words? Which song has the longest word/phrase? Two from me to start.
C L A S S I C
B L U E C O L L L A R J A N E
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As an unashamed grammar person myself, I love this, even if it is a joke.
I like correct grammar. And I think it’s important to preserve it.
*duck’s for cover*
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/03/07/worlds-first-grammar-nazi-parade-takes-place-in-berlin/
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Weird Al doing his bit for the English language. The lyrics are clever, the graphics are witty and if even half of it sticks he’ll be the darling on the staffroom.
Tops marks for mentioning literally which my son is constantly misusing. “I literally found a 100 SEK note on the way home from school.” How else would you find it?
Any other Tubers who are doing their bit for education?
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The grammar snobs at the Princeton Review have been really hoist by their own petard. They tried to ridicule Taylor Swift but couldn’t even get her lyrics right. The sassy Ms Swift rapidly put those fuddy duddy grammarians in their place.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/mar/26/taylor-swift-grammar-marked-incorrectly-princeton-review?CMP=share_btn_link
Unbelievable. There was a section in their test paper called “Grammar in Real Life” which read:
“Pop lyrics are a great source of bad grammar. See if you can find the error in each of the following.”
Who ever went to pop songs as a source of correct grammar anyway?
Professor Lemmy’s seminar on the use of the subjunctive? I’ll pass.
