Friday, February 13, 2015

Links

  1. The Caravan: No double entendres: The words the censor board doesn't want you to hear (discretion advised).

  2. Robert Frank in Vox: Why have weddings and houses gotten so ridiculously expensive? Blame inequality.

  3. Paul Krugman: Floor Waxes, Dessert Toppings, and Blogging.

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1 comment:

  1. Unknown2:03 PM, February 14, 2015

    What the censor board is doing is similar to what China did a few months back: Officials say casual alteration of idioms risks nothing less than ‘cultural and linguistic chaos’
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/28/china-media-watchdog-bans-wordplay-puns

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