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i still dont know what the fuck you talking about jessi
*rob*
I subscribe to the NYRB but the always-same-direction political bias leaves me a bit disgruntled sometimes. I wish there was more middle ground political articles and less binary left/right categorizations.
“i dont even know what that meansâ€
You know, an umlaut, the two little dots that sometimes go after a consecutive vowel to tell the reader that the first “o†sound if different from the second “o†sound. Co-Op-erate. Not, cOOp-erate.
Anyway, I was agreeing, I find it pretentious, the word cooperate is well known. Kinda like dropping a hyphen once a compound word becomes commonplace.
jackal,
Sometimes I like the New Yorker, sometimes I find it a bit insufferable. But the writing and editing there is still practiced like a craft. My sense is that you appreciate good workmanship, so not a surprise you would like it.
P.S. This will help you enjoy the New Yorker. I read somewhere that the real caption to every drawing in the caption contest (back page) is “God, what an asshole!” So now I look at all the drawings that way, and it generally fits.
Rob, you also thought City Journal was not conserrvative. Do you not read Theodore Dalyrmple’s column?
Best highbrow magazines: n+1, New York Review of Books
Best short story magazines: Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Glimmer Train
“the new yorker is WAY too fucking pretentious”
Predictable comment.
No surprise— I love the NYer.
Actually, this year I would like you to BBQ on the deck, CGar, it was built wrong (nothing drains from under it), and I need a reason to ask the LL to rebuild it! ; )
i dont even know what that means
*rob*
“the new yorker is WAY too fucking pretentiousâ€
Why, because they use an umlaut in the word cooperate? 🙂
I don’t know what UEFA is but my high school was UFA