Comments on: Lo, how the mighty have fallen http://allgirls.ncgs.org/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/ A blog for the National Coalition of Girls' Schools Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:27:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 All Girlshttp://allgirls.ncgs.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/AllGirlsRSSHeader-sized.gifhttp://allgirls.ncgs.org12440A blog for the National Coalition of Girls' Schools By: under eye darkness http://allgirls.ncgs.org/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-26686 under eye darkness Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:58:03 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=44#comment-26686 <strong>Trackback...</strong> Shared on this specific homepage... Trackback…

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]]> By: Deborah Barlow http://allgirls.ncgs.org/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Deborah Barlow Tue, 05 May 2009 21:13:16 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=44#comment-169 This is the kind of notification I appreciate. Dictatorial old white men, you can't help but cheer somewhere in your consciousness...Thanks for this Sal! This is the kind of notification I appreciate. Dictatorial old white men, you can’t help but cheer somewhere in your consciousness…Thanks for this Sal!

]]> By: Sally Reed http://allgirls.ncgs.org/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Sally Reed Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:17:10 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=44#comment-14 Kathryn: I like that, flotsam of the day. According to old maritime law, flotsam becomes the property of the finder, while jetsam remains the property of its original owner. Appropriate. On the other hand, flotsam was usually what was left floating after a shipwreck. Hmmm. How do I feel about those implications? And holbrow: Indeed, even WITH the admonitions of Strunk and White, still needless words girdle the earth (my own among them.) Kathryn: I like that, flotsam of the day. According to old maritime law, flotsam becomes the property of the finder, while jetsam remains the property of its original owner. Appropriate. On the other hand, flotsam was usually what was left floating after a shipwreck. Hmmm. How do I feel about those implications?

And holbrow: Indeed, even WITH the admonitions of Strunk and White, still needless words girdle the earth (my own among them.)

]]> By: holbrow http://allgirls.ncgs.org/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-13 holbrow Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:04:18 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=44#comment-13 undying gratitude for the omission of all those needless words: how many times would they have reached around the equator, cutting off circulation between the hemispheres? undying gratitude for the omission of all those needless words: how many times would they have reached around the equator, cutting off circulation between the hemispheres?

]]> By: Kathryn http://allgirls.ncgs.org/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Kathryn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:20:58 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=44#comment-12 Okay, I admit it - I was hanging onto a nostalgic thread by my red-knuckled hands - desperate to preserve the myth of dear old Strunk & White - I even cherished that blithe little dictum, Omit needless words! now shown up as a road sign without a road. At first I was upset with you, Sally, for shattering my cherished reality. Now, I have to thank you for not sending Charlotte, Stuart, and Fern to the darker reaches along with that apparently inaccurate, shallow little book that masqueraded as a gem in 7th grade English class. I liked its humor, and cherished its brevity, but now the veil is lifted. Damn, but the rules of grammar have always eluded me. Just glad I'm in White's good company. Love your amusing and informative grab bag of a blog, though, with its ear to the intellectual currents and flotsam of the day. Okay, I admit it – I was hanging onto a nostalgic thread by my red-knuckled hands – desperate to preserve the myth of dear old Strunk & White – I even cherished that blithe little dictum, Omit needless words! now shown up as a road sign without a road. At first I was upset with you, Sally, for shattering my cherished reality. Now, I have to thank you for not sending Charlotte, Stuart, and Fern to the darker reaches along with that apparently inaccurate, shallow little book that masqueraded as a gem in 7th grade English class. I liked its humor, and cherished its brevity, but now the veil is lifted. Damn, but the rules of grammar have always eluded me. Just glad I’m in White’s good company. Love your amusing and informative grab bag of a blog, though, with its ear to the intellectual currents and flotsam of the day.

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