Links posted on August 19, 2010
The Aphorisms of Charlie Chan Almost 500 from 40-some movies in their original stereotypically semi-broken English. Some are restatements or rephrasings of older sayings ("A fool and his money never become old acquaintances"), some are totally plot-related ("Good policy to have murderer consider detective dope") and some are rather offensive - and not just racially ("A woman not made for heavy thinking, but should always decorate scene like blossom of plum") but some are gems of not-expressed-enough wisdom (my faves follow) [more inside]
Bears, Dog Food and Marijuana [newsfilter]
AP Standards Center issues staff advisory on covering New York City mosque Even the Associated Press (a media dinosaur I have taken to calling the "AssPress") knows what's bull$#*!
