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Language Peeves

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:13 +0000

The TV news person was commenting about a story concerning the Boston Marathon bombing when she said, “The story just doesn't jive with the facts.” I tried very hard to picture a story dancing with some facts, but I just couldn’t. The problem was not just with jiving or jitterbugging—I couldn’t even picture them doing [...]

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The War Against Sexist Language

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:42 +0000

Washington state governor Jay Inslee recently signed a bill that goes a long way toward ending biased language in state documents. The new law originated in the House, where it won a 70-22 victory. It then passed the Senate unanimously. That brings the number of states that have passed “gender-neutral legislation” to eleven, with nine [...]

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Minding Your Pronouns

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:00:03 +0000

It was the early 1990s and I had just finished a lecture to a group of educators on the teaching of critical thinking. Several people came up to the podium for further discussion. Though I’ve forgotten most of the exchanges, I remember one very well. A woman asked, “Do you know how many times you [...]

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