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Translating Trumpian tweets

The New Neo Posted on December 31, 2018 by neoDecember 31, 2018

For example: I’m in the Oval Office. Democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for Border Security, including the Wall. You voted yes in 2006 and 2013. One more yes, but with me in office, … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Language and grammar, Trump | 69 Replies

Clips from the Yiddish “Fiddler”

The New Neo Posted on December 29, 2018 by neoDecember 29, 2018

For those of you who read my recent post about the Yiddish “Fiddler on the Roof” currently playing in New York and were curious to get a taste of what it’s like, here’s a clip of very short excerpts. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Posted in Jews, Language and grammar, Theater and TV | 10 Replies

To life—and to cultural appropriation

The New Neo Posted on December 22, 2018 by neoDecember 22, 2018

I’m in New York for Christmas, and the other evening I went to see a production of “Fiddler on the Roof”—in Yiddish. No, I don’t speak Yiddish, except for the usual 100 words of insult that have somehow crept into … Continue reading →

Posted in Jews, Language and grammar, Theater and TV | 37 Replies

What’s in a name?

The New Neo Posted on November 3, 2018 by neoNovember 3, 2018

These days, it’s likely to be four letters: American names are shrinking. The two most popular names in the US for baby boys in 2017 were Liam and Noah; for girls, Emma and Ava were two of the three most … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar | 15 Replies

In the competition to see who can be most hateful towards Republicans…

The New Neo Posted on October 19, 2018 by neoOctober 19, 2018

…without actually doing them physical harm (that’s a different competition), Google executive David Hogue is going for the gold. I’m not going to reproduce what he wrote; it’s just too hateful. Follow the link and you’ll get the picture. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Liberty | 28 Replies

The politics of reporting on left-wing violence against the right

The New Neo Posted on October 11, 2018 by neoOctober 11, 2018

Senator Rand Paul has had a rough couple of years of it. He was present but not injured when Steve Scalise was almost murdered on the baseball field by a Republican-hating shooter. And Paul had his very own incident of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Language and grammar, Politics, Press, Violence | 24 Replies

Watch the trap being set for Ford by Mitchell

The New Neo Posted on October 6, 2018 by neoOctober 6, 2018

I am heartily sick of Christine Blasey Ford, and I hope her three weeks of fame is now over or will be over very very very soon, and she will return to the obscurity she professes to crave. Whatever happens, … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Law | 53 Replies

And now, finally, we get answers to the burning questions of our time

The New Neo Posted on October 4, 2018 by neoOctober 4, 2018

See this: The guy who created the Devil’s Triangle drinking game calls himself the “founder” of it in the yearbook, and a guy going to different college than Kavanaugh sent a sworn letter to the FBI states that Kavanaugh’s friend … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Politics | 33 Replies

The left and the double bind: setting a new standard for chutzpah

The New Neo Posted on October 1, 2018 by neoOctober 1, 2018

Yiddish is a language that has a lot of words that express personality qualities and types, particularly loser types or mean types or conniving types. These words often combine humor with rueful sarcasm and cynical realism about the vagaries of … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Politics | 45 Replies

67 million in the US don’t speak English at home

The New Neo Posted on September 19, 2018 by neoSeptember 19, 2018

This statistic rates a big headline at Drudge today: Nearly half of the residents in the nation’s five biggest cities do not speak English at home, choosing instead their native language, according to the latest Census Bureau data that details … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Language and grammar | 35 Replies

Undereye concealer in 29 languages

The New Neo Posted on September 6, 2018 by neoSeptember 6, 2018

I bought a new stick of my favorite undereye circle concealer yesterday, Benefit Boi ing Hydrating Concealer. It’s pricey, but it’s one of the few that don’t emphasize all the lines and crevices by sinking into and highlighting them, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion and beauty, Language and grammar | 31 Replies

How can “dog” be considered a racial insult?

The New Neo Posted on August 21, 2018 by neoAugust 20, 2018

The word “dog” is not (and as far as I know, never has been) a racially-tinged epithet, although the WaPo would have you think it is: The president of the United States had just lobbed another racially charged insult — … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Race and racism | 33 Replies

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