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Comment on Texting: What’s so uncool about being a good speller? by Cindy Dashnaw

Cindy Dashnaw — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:44:31 +0000

This is a test.

Comment on Plain language is smart, not dumb by cdashnaw

cdashnaw — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:41:12 +0000

I agree with you about “beta-max.” It’s almost as if it’s a word from a made-up language. Thanks for reading!

Comment on Plain language is smart, not dumb by Shane

Shane — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:37:01 +0000

Thanks for this post and the links. Keeping my sentences short and simple is something I still struggle with a lot, so posts like this are very helpful to me.

Oh, and “beta-max” must be one of the silliest jargon-terms I’ve ever heard of.

Comment on Burn through ‘Fahrenheit 451′ as a graphic novel by Shane

Shane — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:28:35 +0000

Interesting post. It reminds me a bit of how some producers wanted to televise “Amusing ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman. Though I also have to add that I have neither read Fahrenheit 451 the book, nor seen the graphic novel. But this post makes me want to read the book for sure.
By the way, if you like the Ender series, check out the Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. It’s nothing short of Sci-Fi gold.

Comment on Quotations should add, not steal, life by Rodger D. Johnson

Rodger D. Johnson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:43:57 +0000

Excellent point. Words, quotes, even sentence fragments used well add life to prose and news releases.

Comment on About the author by cdashnaw

cdashnaw — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:41:42 +0000

Thanks, Amanda! BadLanguage is a great blog. I do a lot of thinking about writing, too, rather than writing, sad to say. One of my favorite stories involves an author who was asked to speak to a college graduation class on his advice to writers. He said one word: “Write.”

Best of luck to you!

Comment on About the author by Amanda Barry-Hirst

Amanda Barry-Hirst — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:26:20 +0000

Hi Cindy – I’ve just stumbled across your website (via BadLanguage) and wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading it and absorbing your nuggets of wisdom.

I’ve done some writing myself, but nothing much of late – seem to think about it more than getting it onto the page.

Thanks for the inspiring thoughts.
Best wishes
Amanda

Comment on Pulitzer Prize for feature writing well deserved by cdashnaw

cdashnaw — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:10:19 +0000

Thank you so much!

Comment on Pulitzer Prize for feature writing well deserved by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:17:08 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Plain language is smart, not dumb by cdashnaw

cdashnaw — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:27:16 +0000

Beta-max? How ridiculous. You have to wonder what people think they’re achieving sometimes. Thanks for sharing that one!