I realize I’m probably the eleventy-billionth person to comment on the awesome silliness of Groupon’s copywriting … but it’s just pretty great.
But the question remains: Does Groupon copywriting really matter?
February 2012
From Lists of Note:
- Work on one thing at a time until finished.
- Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.”
- Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
- Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!
Read the rest here: Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments | Lists of Note
NEC leverages its strengths to bring forth innovations, and to integrate those innovations into new solutions that will provide seamless communications, customer satisfaction and manageability throughout your organization.
Kory Stamper, a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster, pleads with people to quit peeving about irregardless—a perfectly legitimate word that’s been around for a century:
Many people claim is that “irregardless” is not a word–but, see, the facts tell us it is. I have evidence of its use in edited, printed prose, going back to about 1912. It’s probably been in spoken use even longer. … If you think “irregardless” is a crusty, weeping pustule marring the face of English, then don’t use it. But there’s no need to act like “irregardless” is an untreatable cancer of the language. We got through John Dryden and his asinine “no terminal preposition” rule okay–we’ll get through “irregardless,” too.
I’m embarrassed to admit (even to myself) how many of these Pronunciation Manual videos I’ve seen in the last 24 hours. What is it about them? Why are they so funny? As a friend said, “[they] stir up some warped neanderthal humor response.” It’s like having your brain tickled.