Published on November 26th, 2009 by Malachi
I found an entry on Facebook about an hour ago, from a friend and poet Marguerite Maria Rivas: it went something like this:
“This is an article well worth reading, a response to El Museo del Barrio’s use of the word
in their recent poetry presentation, “Spic up and Speak out”
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So –I looked up the article.
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Published on February 24th, 2009 by Malachi
In fact, I am so much a Ranaphiliac, that it was I who invented the Word back in….when was it.
I wrote The Book on Frogs: I called it “Ranaphilia: Love of Frog.” “Rana” meaning “Frog” and/or “Toad”, and “-philia” meaning “Love of”.
“Ranaphilia” is a set of three miniature books in a hand-painted [...]
Published on March 4th, 2008 by Malachi
For me, easily the most annoying mispronunciation in vogue is…(I hope my phonetic rendition* is recognizable) …”erry-you-dite”.
That’s “erudite” to you. (I trust.)
Actually it’s been around for some time, but it seems to have been in high overuse since William F. Buckley died. A backhanded tribute, [...]
