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Tag: parody

Word Crimes

How often do you see a reference to the Oxford Comma in a popular tune?

Posted on 07/19/2014 by MikePosted in Music, SatireTagged Mandatory Fun, Oxford comma, parody, Weird Al Yankovic, Word Crimes. Leave a comment

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“The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and enslavement; rain down bombs on defenseless children whenever and wherever they decide that their “vital interests” are menaced, and think nothing of torturing a man to death: these people are not to be taken seriously when they speak of the “sanctity” of human life, or the “conscience” of the civilized world.” — James Baldwin

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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground — James Fenimore Cooper

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